. The Street railway journal . paved, and the mate-rial employed consists of granite blocks, asphalt and vitri- fied brick. Upon Market Street, which is the principalbusiness thoroughfare, the pavement is of asphalt, withgranite blocks between the rails and tracks, this construc-tion being employed to give more ready access to thetrack foundations for repairs. The rate of fare is five cents, with twenty two ticketsfor $1, except on the line to Mission Ridge, upon which asecond fare is collected, except from residents alongthe line. The Chattanooga Electric Railway Company hasbeen lately re-org
. The Street railway journal . paved, and the mate-rial employed consists of granite blocks, asphalt and vitri- fied brick. Upon Market Street, which is the principalbusiness thoroughfare, the pavement is of asphalt, withgranite blocks between the rails and tracks, this construc-tion being employed to give more ready access to thetrack foundations for repairs. The rate of fare is five cents, with twenty two ticketsfor $1, except on the line to Mission Ridge, upon which asecond fare is collected, except from residents alongthe line. The Chattanooga Electric Railway Company hasbeen lately re-organized with a change of management:W. T. Adams is president; E. Watkins, G. Gostafson, superintendent; Wm. S. McCall,auditor, and Wm. H. Roots, secretary. Mr. McCall hasbeen in the employ of the company in various capacitiessince its organization. The Chattanooga & North Side Street Railway Company. This company operates nine miles of track, includingthree owned by the North Chattanooga Street Car Com-. FIG 8—LOOKOUT INN—CHATTANOOGA, TENN. pany, from which it is leased. The president of the com-pany is S. R. Reid, who is also proprietor of the ReidHouse, the principal hotel of the city, and W. C. Teas is theacting superintendent, who also has charge of the hotellighting plant. Both lines are owned by real estate syndi-cates, and were built to, develop suburban property. Thestockholders of the latter company are mostly Englishpeople. The cars of both lines run over the same tracks in thecity, and start from Ninth Street on Broad, turning east,and then north past the Court House, and continue duenorth over the Tennessee River, which is crossed with afine steel truss bridge, supported on granite piers. Thebridge is half a mile in length, and the floor is 107 the water. After crossing the bridge the linesdivide, and one route continues northeast and circlesaround the woody hills and numerous pretty homes whichalready line the route, and again appro
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