. Electric railway gazette . an side. The Great Northwestern Telegraph Company,of Canada, was obliged to carry its lines throughthis tunnel, and this large contract for cables wassecured by the enterprising American house ofW. K. Brixey, New York Six tliousand feetof 18-conductor aerial Kerite cable was requiredfor this purpose, and it is stated by the GreatNorthwestern Company that in spite of the severe says the Philadelphia Stookholder. In the firstplace, the road from .Jersey City to Newarlt laowned by the Consolidated Traction Company ofNew Jersey, in which Messrs. Widener, Elkinsa
. Electric railway gazette . an side. The Great Northwestern Telegraph Company,of Canada, was obliged to carry its lines throughthis tunnel, and this large contract for cables wassecured by the enterprising American house ofW. K. Brixey, New York Six tliousand feetof 18-conductor aerial Kerite cable was requiredfor this purpose, and it is stated by the GreatNorthwestern Company that in spite of the severe says the Philadelphia Stookholder. In the firstplace, the road from .Jersey City to Newarlt laowned by the Consolidated Traction Company ofNew Jersey, in which Messrs. Widener, Elkinsand Dolan are interested. The next link in thisalleged grand chain of electric railway, fromTrenton to Philadelphia, has for its head ColonelMorrell, and In this line the Traction people haveno interest; at least, they say they have proposed line from Philadelphia to Baltimoreexists only on paper. The line from Philadelphiato Harrlsburg—part of which is already con-structed—is owned by another set of capitalists,. eter, put together in sections as the work ofboring proceeded and firmly bolted together, thetotal weight of iron aggregating 56,000 tunnel commenced in September, 1888, wasopened for freight traffic in October 1891, andpassenger trains began running December 7, was commenced at both ends, the two sec-tions meeting in mid river with perfect tunnel passes through blue clay, except anoccasional pocket of quicksand and water and afew boulders. Borings were made by cylindricalsteel shells, with cutting edges driven forward by DI.\GR.\MMATIC SECTION OF ST. CLAIR TUNNEL. test to which it has been subjected during thepast two years It has given perfect satisfaction. THE PHILADELPHIA-WASHINGTONEAILWAY. The daily papers have had considerable to sayof late about a colossal electric railway schemewhich contemplated the control of the Washing-ton lines for the purpose of making them trolleyroads as part of a complete system of electricr
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