. The Street railway journal . The accident did not stoj) Ihe through ser-vice of the company, fortunately, as there is alarge, covered highway bridge across theriver paralleling the railroad bridge, by meansof which transfers coud be made, and carswere operated to both sides of the wreck. Thecompany was building a l>ri(lge across theriver at Lenox Dale, and all the material wason the ground awaiting erection. The dimen-sions of this bridge were so nearly like those ofthe one injured that it was immediately de-cided to remove the damaged structure andreplace it by a new one built from the s
. The Street railway journal . The accident did not stoj) Ihe through ser-vice of the company, fortunately, as there is alarge, covered highway bridge across theriver paralleling the railroad bridge, by meansof which transfers coud be made, and carswere operated to both sides of the wreck. Thecompany was building a l>ri(lge across theriver at Lenox Dale, and all the material wason the ground awaiting erection. The dimen-sions of this bridge were so nearly like those ofthe one injured that it was immediately de-cided to remove the damaged structure andreplace it by a new one built from the steel Dale, allowing the latter to wait fornew material. The rear truck of the car wasconsiderably damaged, although it was foundthat the motors were but little injured by theaccident. It was at first thought possible tohoist the car body back to the tracks, but this was found to beimpracticable, and after removing all the loose fixtures, etc.,it was burned. The accident directs attention to the necessity of enforcing. TROLLEY CAR PLUNGES FROM TRESTLE rules for the ])revention of reckless operation of cars on thelast trip, or when returning to car houses for the night. Greatfinancial loss, such as was sustained in this case, may thus beaverted. 11iis is especially true on interurban lines wheresharp curves make this practice particularly dangerous. 192 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. 5 CHICAGO DEVELOPMENTS As mentioned in these columns last week, there is a greatactivity in Chicago at the present time in regard to franchiseextensions. At the meeting of the local committee of theChicago City Council, which was briefly mentioned last E. R. Bliss, representing the Chicago City RailwayCompany, assured the committee that his company was readyand anxious to go ahead with franchise negotiations. TheChicago Union Traction Company wanted more time. The situation can probably best be explained by an abstractof some of the statements made by the attorneys for t
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