. The Street railway journal . icular traffic, that the original 38 STREET RAILWAY [Vol. XVIII. No. i. plans were modified after a considerable number were inplace. The poles, as seen, are handsomely ornamentedwith scrolls made from original designs of Macartney, Mc-Elroy & Company, and present a very attractive appear-ance. The trolley wire is No. oooo and is supported on theflexible suspension system, the hangers being of the very 300HP LIGHTING SET, DICKINSON STREET best gun-metal and sufficiently strong to stand a testingstrain of 8000 lbs. without breaking. Although the overhead
. The Street railway journal . icular traffic, that the original 38 STREET RAILWAY [Vol. XVIII. No. i. plans were modified after a considerable number were inplace. The poles, as seen, are handsomely ornamentedwith scrolls made from original designs of Macartney, Mc-Elroy & Company, and present a very attractive appear-ance. The trolley wire is No. oooo and is supported on theflexible suspension system, the hangers being of the very 300HP LIGHTING SET, DICKINSON STREET best gun-metal and sufficiently strong to stand a testingstrain of 8000 lbs. without breaking. Although the overhead work was done under contract,and has given entire satisfaction, the corporation intendsin future to do all of its own construction work. The trackalready laid was put down by men employed by the munici-pality and the work was accomplished with a commendablelack of inconvenience and a minimum amount of annoy-ance to the public. In the center of the city the work wasdone at night, and at no time was the regular tramway ser-. PART OF THE BOILER HOUSE, DICKINSON STREET vice interrupted during the laying of the new loo-lb. full-grooved rails. CAR HOUSE The buildings for the Queens Road car house, now ap-proaching completion, are believed to be the most extensivehitherto erected in Europe, and cover upward of 4 acresof land. The site, which is irregular in shape, has a front- age on two streets, namely, Boyle Street, about 975 ft. (775ft. only being utilized at present), and Queens Road, about330 ft. The materials used for the Boyle Street elevationsare gray-end bricks in the spaces between the piers, andstock brick for the piers, gables, arches, etc.; the front ele-vation and main gateway are entirely of stock bricks. Provision is made for 252 cars, and the entire area of theland required for this accommodation and for the approachleading to the sheds is covered by roofs consisting of steelprincipals, purlins and girders supported on cast-iron cir-cular columns, with boards, felt a
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