. The Street railway journal . chigan Southern Rail-ways, in Chicago, has recentlytaken on a new phase. The sub-ject is of interest to street rail-way companies from the factthat the lines of the ChicagoCity Railway Company crossthe right of way of the roadswhose tracks it is proposed toelevate. At first, a head roomof twelve feet was proposed,but this, it was maintained by the officials of the Chicago City Railway Company,was insufficient for the operation of its trolley agreement was finally reached by which the headroom was increased to thirteen and thirteen and ahalf feet, except i
. The Street railway journal . chigan Southern Rail-ways, in Chicago, has recentlytaken on a new phase. The sub-ject is of interest to street rail-way companies from the factthat the lines of the ChicagoCity Railway Company crossthe right of way of the roadswhose tracks it is proposed toelevate. At first, a head roomof twelve feet was proposed,but this, it was maintained by the officials of the Chicago City Railway Company,was insufficient for the operation of its trolley agreement was finally reached by which the headroom was increased to thirteen and thirteen and ahalf feet, except in one or two places. For this, and otherconsiderations, the railway company was to pay them thesum of $250,000, out of which a second amount was to bepaid the railway company for the work required todeepen the subways the required amount. The ordinancewas passed and vetoed by the mayor. During further consideration of the question a newcouncil was elected, and negotiations are now under wayfor another agreement on the THIRD AVENUE CABLE CAR WITH PECKHAM TRUCK—NEW YORK. The truck is of the 6 D, standard Peekham type, andthough it has been running for a short time only on theroad, has attracted much attention, on account of its easyriding qualities and absence from jar. The success of thePeekham trucks on the Broadway cable railway, of NewYork, was one principal reason for their adoption on theThird Avenue road, and it is said that most of the 175cars which the Third Avenue Company has ordered fromthe J. G. Brill Company will be mounted on Peekhamtrucks. The street railroad vestibule law of Ohio, has been de-clared invalid by the Common Pleas Court at Springfield. May, 1894.] THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 291 THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF STREET RAILWAY INVESTMENTS. BY ICDWAKI) K. HIGGINS. FIFTH PAPER. Class V. Surface Railways in American Cities of from100,000 to 300,000 Inhabitants. There are twenty-four cities in the United States hav-ing a population of from 100,000 to 500
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