. The street railway review . s is independent of the When the headlight is in use the burning out of any inside lamp will merely dim the headlight until the lamp is replaced. The Chicago & Joliet Electric Railway Co. was organized as a lidation of the former Joliet Railroad Co. (operating in and about Joliet with a hranch toward Chicago as far as Lockport) with the Chicago & Joint Rapid Transit Co. under which charter the road was constructed between this terminus of the Joliet il and the point where tin Chicago Division crosses the line 1 00k ami Will Counties, near the village of T
. The street railway review . s is independent of the When the headlight is in use the burning out of any inside lamp will merely dim the headlight until the lamp is replaced. The Chicago & Joliet Electric Railway Co. was organized as a lidation of the former Joliet Railroad Co. (operating in and about Joliet with a hranch toward Chicago as far as Lockport) with the Chicago & Joint Rapid Transit Co. under which charter the road was constructed between this terminus of the Joliet il and the point where tin Chicago Division crosses the line 1 00k ami Will Counties, near the village of The new line was opened as far as Lemont, on Sept. 10. 1900, and for- one year was operated under a rather slow schedule, with medium speed cars, in order to permit hauling ballast and oilier materials of construction without disarrangement of passenger traffic. Un- der these circumstances there was no objection to stopping cars at any point and this was done. The through line to Chicago was formally opened and a regu-. favorable comments upon their riding qualities have been a sourceof much gratification to those responsible for their design. Careful investigation seemed to establish the fact that the archeadlight is in a state either of transition or of hopelessly arresteddevelopment. Its failure at critical moments and the travel of thearc while burning render its use extremely precarious. The incandescent headlight is reliable, steady and is readily madeportable. riG. 23-FIRST FLOOR PLAN, LEMONT SUB-STATION. lar schedule established on Sept. 26, 1001. For a period of onemonth the schedule time for the 30-mile run was two hours, thecomparatively slow speed being adopted for the purpose of famil-iarizing those living along, and using, the highway with the neworder of things. On Nov. 4. 1001, the present schedule was put into force, allow-ing one hour and a half for the run. To make this time, it be-came necessary to establish regular stopping places and to limit Jaw. 15. 1002.
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