. The street railway review . de the steam lo-comotive, it must be as independent in respect to distances,and just as self contained. The greater the necessity thegreater the incentive; and the greater the incentive the morecertain the results. The Quebec District Railway and the Snow Storm. BY EDWARD A. EVANS, MANAGER AND CHIEF ENGINEER. A glance at a map will show that Quebec is situated onthe River St. Lawrence in latitude 46° 48 and because of itssituation is terribly exposed to the full sweep of the easterlygales so frequent in this part of the country; it will also beobserved, that it is
. The street railway review . de the steam lo-comotive, it must be as independent in respect to distances,and just as self contained. The greater the necessity thegreater the incentive; and the greater the incentive the morecertain the results. The Quebec District Railway and the Snow Storm. BY EDWARD A. EVANS, MANAGER AND CHIEF ENGINEER. A glance at a map will show that Quebec is situated onthe River St. Lawrence in latitude 46° 48 and because of itssituation is terribly exposed to the full sweep of the easterlygales so frequent in this part of the country; it will also beobserved, that it is about on the same parallel as Bismarckin North Dakota; it has a population of about 77,000, andwith its narrow streets, and old-fashioned houses, is particu-larly susceptible to snow blockades, the roofs of the houses,one would think, having been purposely constructed withthe object of assisting to blockade the streets, by dumpingall the snow they receive into, or near the centre of theroads. LOAD FROtI 7 AM TO 7 UNION RAILROAD, PROVIDENCE, R. I., JANUARY 3I-FEBRUARY 5. 152 ^tlfid^^gulv^^^lcw The Quebec District Railway operate at present 13-37miles of track, and covers lo miles of streets, and may besaid to be divided into sections as follows: In the LowerTown, between the Champlain Market, steamboat landingsand railway stations, to the western boundary of the city atSt. Sauveur. In the Upper Town; between the GeneralPost Oflfice, Chateau Frontenac, and other principal hotels,via St. John street to Maple avenue, just outside the westernlimits of the city, and near the celebrated Plains of Abraham(where Wolfe fought his great and final battle) and return-ing via Grande Allee to the General Post Office. The CrownStreet line, running across the city and connecting the Up-per and Lower Towns at about midway of their Palais Hill line, running across the city and connectingthe Upper and Lower Towns at a point to intercept the rail-way and steamboat travel, a
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