. Electric railway journal . itants located on the Erie Railroad. The inter-urban line passes through the main street of Akron and justsouth of town crosses over the main line of the Erie Railroadon a timber viaduct. This structure will be replaced with a steelone supported on concrete piers. Southward from this viaductthe new line is practically a tangent for 11 miles to a point justnorth of Chili, where the Vandalia Railroad is grades of the two lines are separated and the new electriccars pass through a concrete subway under the Vandalia tracks. the southern extension. Seven
. Electric railway journal . itants located on the Erie Railroad. The inter-urban line passes through the main street of Akron and justsouth of town crosses over the main line of the Erie Railroadon a timber viaduct. This structure will be replaced with a steelone supported on concrete piers. Southward from this viaductthe new line is practically a tangent for 11 miles to a point justnorth of Chili, where the Vandalia Railroad is grades of the two lines are separated and the new electriccars pass through a concrete subway under the Vandalia tracks. the southern extension. Seventy-pound rails are bonded withAmerican Steel & Wire 7/i-in. terminal, 8-in. pin-driven are placed about 4 four miles apart and the switcheshave the Pennsylvania Steel Companys standards with disap-pearing blades. Eight-day switch lamps of Adams & Westlakemanufacture are used. POWER SUPPLY Power for the operation of the entire line is generated in amodern-type station located at Winona Lake, near
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