. The Street railway journal . Thomson - Houston motorsare used on the present cars. Asecond order for twenty-five carswas placed last month with theJ. W. Fowler Car Company. The line of this road is fullof bad grades and curves, theoperations of the line having beenhandicapped by mistakes in engi-neering and construction. Fromthe City Hall terminus to RolandPark there is a rise of nearly 400ft., and the line appears to have been located withlittle regard to grades and curves. The economy in firstcosts attempted by the promoters of this road appears tohave been a pretty expensive savin
. The Street railway journal . Thomson - Houston motorsare used on the present cars. Asecond order for twenty-five carswas placed last month with theJ. W. Fowler Car Company. The line of this road is fullof bad grades and curves, theoperations of the line having beenhandicapped by mistakes in engi-neering and construction. Fromthe City Hall terminus to RolandPark there is a rise of nearly 400ft., and the line appears to have been located withlittle regard to grades and curves. The economy in firstcosts attempted by the promoters of this road appears tohave been a pretty expensive saving, but in spiteof the disadvantages under which it has operated, theroad has been very successful from the start and has suc-ceeded in building up a large traffic in an entirely newfield. BALTIMORE CITY PASSENGER RAILWAY. The Baltimore City Passenger Railway Companyoperates six different lines of railway, on three of whichthe cable has been introduced during the past two years,and the remaining lines are now being changed from. &Pfr*> w 1 1.
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