. The Street railway journal . foreman of track and three men, ten towermen,two dispatchers, one station inspector and one chief clerk. On Jubilee Day, Oct. 19, 1898, 70,000 people wereloaded at the Loop stations in three hours. The unloading made, of course, during the night hours. Even at suchtimes the longest interval between trains on the innerLoop track is minutes. In order to accomplish theserenewals emergency movements are arranged for and the 77° STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIV. No. 12. trains are handled by telegraph and by written train orders,of which one, for example, reads a
. The Street railway journal . foreman of track and three men, ten towermen,two dispatchers, one station inspector and one chief clerk. On Jubilee Day, Oct. 19, 1898, 70,000 people wereloaded at the Loop stations in three hours. The unloading made, of course, during the night hours. Even at suchtimes the longest interval between trains on the innerLoop track is minutes. In order to accomplish theserenewals emergency movements are arranged for and the 77° STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIV. No. 12. trains are handled by telegraph and by written train orders,of which one, for example, reads as follows:Union Elevated Railroad. Superintendents Office, Nov. —, Order No. —.Until further orders, cross over at State and Lake Street toOuter Loop track and proceed EAST on Outer Loop track toFranklin Street station without stopping at Outer Loop stations. S. S. Neff, Superintendent. Oprs. Sig Complete The amount of wear on the curves and switches is ter-rific, although the straight track does not seem to show. ENGINE GENERATOR UNIT-LOOP POWER STATION any appreciable wear. In Figs. 2 and 3 are given sectionsof the outer and inner rails of a curve which have had butabout one years wear. It is estimated that 4,000,000 carwheels have passed over this curve. The Loop power station occupies a brick building 176 141 ft., and is three stories high, the engine room beingon the first floor, the boiler room above, while between themis a hanging or intermediate floor. In the basement are thesteam accessories, piping, etc. This general arrangementis, of course, designed for the purpose of economizinghighly expensive land in the heart of the city. The build-ing itself is an iron, frame structure, constructed, of course,
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