. The street railway review . 3Y C. B. FAIRCHILU. The system operated by the Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath StreetRailway Co., of Lewiston, Me., is quite as interesting as any roadin the country both from engineering and operating lines comprise 55 miles of track connecting the villages ofSabattus, Lisbon and Lisbon Falls with the cities of Lewiston,Auburn, Brunswick and Bath. Current is generated at both steam and water power stations antransmitted at high potential to transformer sub-stations. One othe features that has been admirably developed is the park company was
. The street railway review . 3Y C. B. FAIRCHILU. The system operated by the Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath StreetRailway Co., of Lewiston, Me., is quite as interesting as any roadin the country both from engineering and operating lines comprise 55 miles of track connecting the villages ofSabattus, Lisbon and Lisbon Falls with the cities of Lewiston,Auburn, Brunswick and Bath. Current is generated at both steam and water power stations antransmitted at high potential to transformer sub-stations. One othe features that has been admirably developed is the park company was chartered in 1897 and purchased the propertiesBrunswick Electric Ry. and the Lewiston & Auburn Horse RyJuly I, 1898, the Bath Street Ry. was leased for 999 years. The suburban line proper runs in a direction nearly north an. FIG. l-SCENE ON PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAY. south to Brunswick, then east to Bath, a distance of about 29miles. Besides the town mentioned, the line passes through anumber of manufacturing villages, with numerous pulp, cotton andwoolen mills, and, in some sections, through a fine farming region;other portions of the line are through wild uncultivated tracts, on aprivate right of way, such as shown in Fig. I. giving the patrons agreat variety of scenery. Thus every mile of the distance bringsone to new landscapes. •When the line was extended from Lewiston to Brunswick andBath it was opposed to some extent by the Brunswick business menwho held the mistaken belief that they would suffer by reason ofbeing placed in too active competition with the larger firms niLewiston, to their own disadvantage. The opposite, however,proved to be true, and the Brunswick business men are enjoying an increase in their business. This is because the road has placed thecities and towns into close touch with the
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