. Electric railway gazette . sing countryroads. The Street Railway Act, the Court finds,gives no right of eminent domain, and that, as thetrolley companies are incorporated under that act,they have no power to construct their roads wherethe taking of property is incident or necessary toit without the consent of the owner of the prop-erty. The following abstract covers the essentialparts of the opinion : Our system of street passenger railways had itsorigin in the days of special legislation. Each com-pany then had its own act of incorporation, inwhich its route was described and its powers de-
. Electric railway gazette . sing countryroads. The Street Railway Act, the Court finds,gives no right of eminent domain, and that, as thetrolley companies are incorporated under that act,they have no power to construct their roads wherethe taking of property is incident or necessary toit without the consent of the owner of the prop-erty. The following abstract covers the essentialparts of the opinion : Our system of street passenger railways had itsorigin in the days of special legislation. Each com-pany then had its own act of incorporation, inwhich its route was described and its powers de-fined. These companies were confined to thecities and large towns of the State, and their carswere moved by horse power, and were a substitutefor the omnibus and other vehicles devoted to thecarriage of passengers which had been previouslyin common use. After the adoption of the newConstitution the practice of separate lesislation foreach company became impracticable, and in 1878 ageneral law was passed providing for the or-. PLAN OF THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY POWER STATION IN ALLENTOWN, PA. is situated directly in the rear of the present old station was reconstructed for its new use,and arrangements made so that it would co-operatewith the new plant to the best advantage. An ex-tension of the steam header in the lighting plantwas run to the new station, so that when the rail-way load was light steam could be used from therailway boiler plant for the lighting station and lay to the railway station. One of these generatorswas so connected that it could be used either as agenerator or as a motor driven by the railway sta-tion generators. This makes it unnecessary to runthe lighting station engines except at night, aswith the small day load of 50 H. P., the motor doesthe work perfectly and requires no attention, whilethe extra load on the railway generators is so small ganization of street railway companies for the pur-pose of constructing, maintaining and operating astreet rai
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