. The street railway review . , Light & Power Com-pany of Birmingham, Ala., is one of the most interesting and at-tractive electric railway properties of the country, to say nothingof its other interests. Birmingham is a city of comparatively recentfounding and is located in the center of an extensive mining andmanufacturing district, which offers unusually favorable environ-ments for the successful operation of a street railway. This com-pany today controls all street railway lines, electric plants and gasworks in Jefferson County, besides maintaining a system of steamheating, the st
. The street railway review . , Light & Power Com-pany of Birmingham, Ala., is one of the most interesting and at-tractive electric railway properties of the country, to say nothingof its other interests. Birmingham is a city of comparatively recentfounding and is located in the center of an extensive mining andmanufacturing district, which offers unusually favorable environ-ments for the successful operation of a street railway. This com-pany today controls all street railway lines, electric plants and gasworks in Jefferson County, besides maintaining a system of steamheating, the steam from the power plant being utilized for will in the course of a short time become Greater Birmingham. Co facilitate operation, there are 15 subdivisions or lines, viz.: liast Lake. Avondale and Fountain Heights. Gate City. Higliland Loop. Xortli Birmingham. Highland Avenue. Xorth Bessemer. Owenton. South Bessemer. Wylam. North Ensley. Rugby. South Ensley. Idlewild. North and South Highlands. Mk ..^^ i?.V*^ :v-^^ ^iMia. UIRMINGMAM. DOUBLE TRACK WITH VITRIFIED BRICK PAVING. this purpose. The system at present is the result of successive con-solidations, there having been at one period as many as 15 differentstreet railroads operating at the same time. From time to time theseroads became absorbed by the Birmingham Railway & Electric Co.,which was reorganized in 1901 and merged into the BirminghamRailway, Light & Power Co. along with the lighting and gas prop-erties. From that date up to the present upwards of two andone-half millions of dollars have been spent in rebuilding and im-proving the system under the direction of Mr. Robert Jemison, presi-dent, and Ford, Bacon & Davis, engineers, represented by J. , engineer in charge. The complete system embraces nomiles of track, of which about one-third is double track. An ex-amination of the accompanying map suggests thr idea of a rimlesswheel, Birmingham being the hub; and the lines extending from itin all directions carry
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