. The street railway review . O Sas - S y^ r/cw Q) foi^£/f-STfi-rioN MAl> OF THE EAST ST. IX)TJIS & SUBURBAN RT. SYSTKM. East St. Louis to Collinsville in Kpi; this was later extended fromCollinsville to Edwardsville. Its power station was located onemile west of Collinsville. 7. The St. Louis, OFallon & Lebanon Railroad Co.,which in 1903 built a line from Fdgcmont to OFallon and Lebanon. Subsequently, the property of the Citizens Electric Light & PowerCo., including power house, was acquired. At the present time the entire system of the East St. Louis &Suburban Railway Co. includ
. The street railway review . O Sas - S y^ r/cw Q) foi^£/f-STfi-rioN MAl> OF THE EAST ST. IX)TJIS & SUBURBAN RT. SYSTKM. East St. Louis to Collinsville in Kpi; this was later extended fromCollinsville to Edwardsville. Its power station was located onemile west of Collinsville. 7. The St. Louis, OFallon & Lebanon Railroad Co.,which in 1903 built a line from Fdgcmont to OFallon and Lebanon. Subsequently, the property of the Citizens Electric Light & PowerCo., including power house, was acquired. At the present time the entire system of the East St. Louis &Suburban Railway Co. includes iii miles of track. One branchof the suburban line extends east from East St. Louis to Edgemont,. IN Till: m^UFKS KDOKMONT AND OFALIX)N. It is supplied with power from a sub-station. Its roadbed, trestlesand bridges were constructed with a view of supporting heavyfreight traffic. The niaxiinum grade is I/i per cent compensated forcurvature. The maximum curvature is 10°. The bridge over Silver another branch runs northeast to Collinsville, while a north andsouth line between Edgemont and completes a triangu-lar loop. From Edgemont a branch extends southeast to Belle-ville, another branch runs from French Village, just north of Ma 1904] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 305 Edgemont, east to Lebanon and a third branch extends from Col-linsville north to Edwardsville. Belleville contains about 20,000 people and is the manufacturingcenter of a fine coal and agricultural region. Its manufacturesnow cover a wide range of products which contribute largely tothe business of the railway. This city has been the county seatof St. Clair County since 1S14 and was the home of thre
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