. The street railway review . fore, to impugn the goodfaith of the second company, and when the prior charter did infact lapse, the second company was first in the field. The Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway. Including a Description of the Operating and Dispatching Systems. BY E. E. DOWNS. GENERAL MANAGER. The Petaluma & Santa Rosa Ry. is fast proving its worth as adeveloper of the Gold Ridge territory of California, of which Sebas-topol is the center. The line serves the rich and densely populatedportion of Sonoma county lying west of the California North-western Ry., and reached by but one bran
. The street railway review . fore, to impugn the goodfaith of the second company, and when the prior charter did infact lapse, the second company was first in the field. The Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway. Including a Description of the Operating and Dispatching Systems. BY E. E. DOWNS. GENERAL MANAGER. The Petaluma & Santa Rosa Ry. is fast proving its worth as adeveloper of the Gold Ridge territory of California, of which Sebas-topol is the center. The line serves the rich and densely populatedportion of Sonoma county lying west of the California North-western Ry., and reached by but one branch of that road. The company is operating a passenger and freight system between water front at Petaluma to Sebastopol, a distance of 167 miles, andfrom Sebastopol an extension has been recently completed to For-estville, a distance of eight miles. There is also a branch in opera-tion from Sebastopol to Santa Rosa, a distance of six and one-half miles. The roadbed is constructed with 70-Ib. rail and ballasted through-. FREICHT AND PASSENGER STATION AT FORESTVILLE San Francisco, Petaluma, Sebastopol, Forestville and Santa Rosa,of which 37 miles is handled by a steamboat line. All freight giventhe electric line for shipment to San Francisco is taken to Petalumaand from there carried by two steamers owned by the railway com-pany, which make daily trips between Petaluma and San Francisco out with broken stone, the maximum curvature being 10 degrees andthe maximum grade 2 per cent. An overhead trolley system is used,the current being supplied by the California Gas & Electric a 10-year contract. This company has a power station atPetaluma and the railroad company has erected a large stone sta-
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