. The Street railway journal . k to Portland over the companys railway. The rockis what is known as bull-granite, and has been found to serveexcellently for street pavements, being superior to anythingthat has heretofore been used in the city. About ten cars aday of this rock are hauled over the line, and as the revenue isfrom $10 to $12 a car, the importance of the income from thissource is considerable. Fig. 40 shows the crusher plant, andFig. 41, the quarry. OTHER POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTSIn the way of latent resources the company has, besides itslarge timber holdings on the Upper Clackamas Riv
. The Street railway journal . k to Portland over the companys railway. The rockis what is known as bull-granite, and has been found to serveexcellently for street pavements, being superior to anythingthat has heretofore been used in the city. About ten cars aday of this rock are hauled over the line, and as the revenue isfrom $10 to $12 a car, the importance of the income from thissource is considerable. Fig. 40 shows the crusher plant, andFig. 41, the quarry. OTHER POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTSIn the way of latent resources the company has, besides itslarge timber holdings on the Upper Clackamas River, acquisi-tions which will be possible of a good development at theproper time. One of these is a large clay bank at Estacada,from which it has been found that an excellent quality ofpressed building brick can be manufactured at a comparativelylow cost. There is also said to be an extensive and very val-uable coal field in the territory south of Cazadero, and as thesupply of wood for fuel must necessarily be curtailed before. FIG. 40.—ROCK CRUSHER PLANT AT CAZADERO many years, this will offer a field for good investment and de-velopment. The railway company will profit from the brickplant and the coal fields by handling the freight. It is be-lieved that the lake to be created above the dam at Cazaderocan be made profitable for resort business, and near its upperend there are said to be some splendid hot springs, whose medi-cinal properties could easily be utilized for the establishment ofa health resort. REPAIR SHOPS AND CAR HOUSESThe repair shops and main car house of the railway companyare located at Milwaukee. They are hardly capable of takingcare of the repair work which the company now has to handle,as they were originally erected to serve only the Oregon Cityline. Now that the companys extensive track construction isnearing completion, plans are being formed for the erection ofnew shops at the terminal yard near the Madison Street Bridge,which will be equipped with th
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