. Electric railway journal . oducedno serious problems. Part of the railroad tracks wereremoved from Wynkoop Street. One stub track, whichdoes not cross Seventeenth Street, was left along theeast curb to serve the industrial plants in that block,and a short section was made over for street car Tramways tracks in the paved section were laidon International steel ties with concrete foundationand with paving of various types, including plainconcrete, concrete mixed to imitate brick, plain brickand stone block. The track entering the loop from thestreet is placed at the elevation of the si
. Electric railway journal . oducedno serious problems. Part of the railroad tracks wereremoved from Wynkoop Street. One stub track, whichdoes not cross Seventeenth Street, was left along theeast curb to serve the industrial plants in that block,and a short section was made over for street car Tramways tracks in the paved section were laidon International steel ties with concrete foundationand with paving of various types, including plainconcrete, concrete mixed to imitate brick, plain brickand stone block. The track entering the loop from thestreet is placed at the elevation of the sidewalk for theconvenience of passengers boarding and alighting atthe station entrance, while the exit track is at street page advertisements with a map of the downtown dis-trict and an explanation of the rerouting were run inthe local papers preceding the opening of the , a small pamphlet published bi-weeklyby the company, also did its part in explaining thechange, and the final dedication of the improvement. MAP OF MAIN BUSINESS DISTRICT OF DENVER SHOWINGPRESENT ROUTING OF UNION STATION CARS included a trip around the loop by the public utilitycommissioners and engineers, with General ManagerHild acting as motorman. Rerouting Greatly Increases Service As a result of the opening of the loop there arenow eight through routes from the residence districtsgiving service to within 50 ft. of Union Station en-trance. These are indicated on the map, which showsthe main business section of the city of Denver. Route20 (Seventeenth Avenue), route 30 (Madison) androute 40 (Park Hill) operate from Seventeenth Avenuestraight down Seventeenth Street around the loop andback the same way. These lines all run out to CityPark, and the Capitol Hill and Park Hill residence sec-tions, and on these service has been increased 25 percent. As a result of this operation, route 47 (Seven-teenth Street) has been discontinued and the double-enddinkies retired from service. Route 11 (Elevent
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