. The Street railway journal . scription of the initiation of electricstreet railways in Argentina, the Republic of Uruguaymay also be included, since the principal city in that Re-public, Montevideo, is so near to Buenos Ayres, the capi-tal of Argentina, that the practice pertaining to BuenosAyres is likely, in many respects, to be largely followedin Montevideo. Of the cities and towns of Argentina,the various tramway systems of Buenos Ayres representsuch an overwhelming proportion of the entire tramway pal parts of the city, having been built on the lines of themore ancient Spanish cities, a
. The Street railway journal . scription of the initiation of electricstreet railways in Argentina, the Republic of Uruguaymay also be included, since the principal city in that Re-public, Montevideo, is so near to Buenos Ayres, the capi-tal of Argentina, that the practice pertaining to BuenosAyres is likely, in many respects, to be largely followedin Montevideo. Of the cities and towns of Argentina,the various tramway systems of Buenos Ayres representsuch an overwhelming proportion of the entire tramway pal parts of the city, having been built on the lines of themore ancient Spanish cities, are singularly ill-adapted fortramways. The streets are excessively narrow—so nar-row, in fact, that, with the exception of a few of the moremodern avenues, there is only room for one line of tram-ways in one street, the return track of the same sectionhaving to be carried down an adjoining street. The city,as a whole, is laid on the American system, i. c, the streetsin both directions are parallel to each other, dividing the. PASSEO DE JULIO, THE CITY TERMINUS OF THE BUENOS AYRES AND BELGRANO TRAMWAY CO. mileage in Argentina that, so far as the author is aware,no consideration has yet been given to the electrical equip-ment of the tramway systems in the other towns, the ener-gies of all interested in electric railway practice in thatcountry having been devoted to Buenos Ayres. The tramway systems of Buenos Ayres, in comparisonwith the population, are most extensive. Probably few,if any, of the cities of the world have a greater length oftramways per head of population than is that of BuenosAyres. Practically every street and road within the cityproper has a tramway line installed therein. The princi- city up into blocks of about 120 metres square. Thetramways are entirely owned by companies. The con-cessions granted to the three original companies, viz.:the City of Buenos Ayres Tramways Company, theAnglo-Argentine Tramways Company and the BuenosAyres & Belgrano Tramways Compa
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