. The Street railway journal . GEORGE W. BISHOP JOHN E. SANFORD HERSEY B. GOODWIN. GEORGE F. SWAIN arrangement and construction as those on the ManhattanElevated Railroad, of New York, and on the MetropolitanElevated Railroad, of Chicago. Trains of from three tofive cars each will be run and the stations will be built forthe accommodation of five-car trains. The type of electricsystem has not fully been determined upon. The estimated cost of construction, exclusive of realestate and equipment, is $400,000 a mile, or $2,800,000 forthe seven miles of track now arranged for. The plans forthe syst
. The Street railway journal . GEORGE W. BISHOP JOHN E. SANFORD HERSEY B. GOODWIN. GEORGE F. SWAIN arrangement and construction as those on the ManhattanElevated Railroad, of New York, and on the MetropolitanElevated Railroad, of Chicago. Trains of from three tofive cars each will be run and the stations will be built forthe accommodation of five-car trains. The type of electricsystem has not fully been determined upon. The estimated cost of construction, exclusive of realestate and equipment, is $400,000 a mile, or $2,800,000 forthe seven miles of track now arranged for. The plans forthe system have been drawn up by George A. Kimball, en-gineer in charge. Work will be commenced immediately,and it is hoped that the line will be in operation within ayear. The officers of the Boston Elevated Railway Com-pany are as follows: president, William A. Gaston; firstvice-president and general manager, William A. Bancroft;second vice-president, C. S. Sergeant; comptroller, J. ; auditor, H. L. Wilson; secretary, John On its staff are, Henry E. Woods, purch
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