. The street railway review . aced at $600,000and passengers can be carried at $ between the twopoints. The present fare is $ 328 (^^Jj^lF^mUv^j^Vlcvv^ CHICAGO CABLES CROSS. ONE of the engineering difficulties which perhapsmore than any other call forth the skill andingenuity of the cable engineer, is to provide asatisfactory crossing of one cable by another. Hitherto Chicago cable railways had no crosses exceptthose inflicted by the general public. Engineer S. Potis,of the West Chicago Street Railway Company, is, how- way Company. By the terms of this agreement theChicago City withdr
. The street railway review . aced at $600,000and passengers can be carried at $ between the twopoints. The present fare is $ 328 (^^Jj^lF^mUv^j^Vlcvv^ CHICAGO CABLES CROSS. ONE of the engineering difficulties which perhapsmore than any other call forth the skill andingenuity of the cable engineer, is to provide asatisfactory crossing of one cable by another. Hitherto Chicago cable railways had no crosses exceptthose inflicted by the general public. Engineer S. Potis,of the West Chicago Street Railway Company, is, how- way Company. By the terms of this agreement theChicago City withdrew it opposition to the West Sideloop on State and received in return the use of the WestChicago tracks on Michigan avenue for the route of theirWabash avenue and Cottage Grove cars. The ChicagoCity Company finished their part of the work last summer,but the much more difficult task of affecting the WestSide change has not been completed until this work of construction was of the most difficult and street Grmle Line. SPECIAL SAFETY DEPRESSION DEVICE—WEST CHICAGO STREET RAILUOAU. ever, the author and builder of the latest cross and firstcrossings, which are incident to the lately constructedWest Chicago loop previously mentioned in the new loop along Fifth A\enue and Madison, Stateand Randolph was the one originally proposed by theWest Side Company- and constructed, with the exception tedious nature, as all underground Ciiicago seems to haveits particular nesting place under the streets required forthe new work. The network of underground conduits ofevery description, such as telephone, telegraph, electriclight, fire alarm, and police call wires, sewer connections,water pipes and gas mains, made life a particularly
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