. The Street railway journal . l suburban district hitherto undevel-oped because of lack in transit facilities. Themap on page 316 shows the territory territory served by lines operated byPhiladelphia & West Chester Traction Company is in partvery well built up; the majn line taps the borough of WestChester, which has a population of 10,000 and also a largetributary population that is brought in touch by an electricline which extends in a northwesterly direction from WestChester to Downingtown and Coatesville, and which is nowbeing connected up with the Lancaster County system; an-o
. The Street railway journal . l suburban district hitherto undevel-oped because of lack in transit facilities. Themap on page 316 shows the territory territory served by lines operated byPhiladelphia & West Chester Traction Company is in partvery well built up; the majn line taps the borough of WestChester, which has a population of 10,000 and also a largetributary population that is brought in touch by an electricline which extends in a northwesterly direction from WestChester to Downingtown and Coatesville, and which is nowbeing connected up with the Lancaster County system; an-other electric line extends from West Chester to Kennett intersects the railway running from Angora to Media atClifton, and will also connect with the Philadelphia, Morton& Swarthmore line, control of which was recently acquiredby the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, at Collingdale. THE COMPANYS POLICIESThe investment necessary to carry out the improvementshas been large, but the expenditures have already been justi-. STANDARD SECTION OF DOUBLE-TRACK ROADBED fied by the returns. The company has built for the future,content for the present to take a moderate return upon theinvested capital, and freely to invest new capital when theexpenditure seems justified and prudent, in the expectationof reaping greater benefits and returns in the future develop-ment of its territory. This is exemplified by the fact that themanagement was satisfied with gross receipts of centsper car-mile, $8,000 per mile of track, and $ per car-hour. 0 L- 0 0 00 Iron Paokin--< TTTm - lbs. per foot P oc0( )0)0 nl Beam ^ tJ Co icrete I ^Bottom of -p 1 ^ I Bottom of Concrete „,
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