. The Street railway journal . lphia Subway was conducteddirectly by the engineering department of the Philadelphia ioSS STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 26. Rapid Transit Company, and was in direct charge of W. , chief engineer of the company. Mr. Twinings prin-cipal assistant in this work was C. M. Mills. -*♦♦- THE PHILADELPHIA & WESTERN RAILROAD The Philadelphia & Western Railroad Company, about whichseveral items have appeared in recent issues, has now morethan 11 miles of road actually under construction, and all workhas been carried out in a most substantial manner. The
. The Street railway journal . lphia Subway was conducteddirectly by the engineering department of the Philadelphia ioSS STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 26. Rapid Transit Company, and was in direct charge of W. , chief engineer of the company. Mr. Twinings prin-cipal assistant in this work was C. M. Mills. -*♦♦- THE PHILADELPHIA & WESTERN RAILROAD The Philadelphia & Western Railroad Company, about whichseveral items have appeared in recent issues, has now morethan 11 miles of road actually under construction, and all workhas been carried out in a most substantial manner. The routeof the road is shown in the accompanying map. As will beseen, it extends from the termination of the Philadelphia RapidTransits subway-elevated line, at Sixty-Third and MarketStreets, Philadelphia, to Devon Road, Strafford. Beginningat the end of the Rapid Transit Companys line, and extendingwestward, the grading is completed practically for about 6miles. Grade crossings have been avoided, and there is a large. MAP SHOWING ROUTE AND TERRITORY OF THE PHILADELPHIA & WESTERNnumber of heavy fills and deep cuts. All the culverts andbridge abutments are of concrete. Between Bryn Mawr andVilla Nuova, the company is building a steel bridge 400 ft. inlength and 62 ft. above the small stream crossed. After cross-ing the west branch of the Ithan Creek on a fill and bridge 30ft. in height, the road will run through a cut nearly a milelong and terminating on West Wayne Avenue, in Wayne. Thelast 500 ft. of this is through solid rock. Grading is beingdone for a loop at Strafford, which is the furthest point thatcars will be run at the opening, and this will doubtless be theterminus of one-half the suburban service for some years tocome. All the grading is being done for a double track throughoutthe 11 miles, and several side-tracks are planned at inter-mediate points. The heaviest grade will approximate percent, but this will be for a short distance only. Other gradeswill run fro
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