. The street railway review . ll ofall its advantages and we forbear to enter more into detailsthan to remark that as a commercial center it is growingin importance, and with the connections by river with , for which purpose a transportation company has THE LINE is equipped with as handsome cars as Stephenson everturned out. They are 22 feet in length and mounted onhis celebrated trucks, which is sufficient guarantee of com-fort. They are each supplied with two Thomson-Hous-ton 15-horse-power single reduction motors; the gears areencased and run in oil. This obviates noise and theirsmo
. The street railway review . ll ofall its advantages and we forbear to enter more into detailsthan to remark that as a commercial center it is growingin importance, and with the connections by river with , for which purpose a transportation company has THE LINE is equipped with as handsome cars as Stephenson everturned out. They are 22 feet in length and mounted onhis celebrated trucks, which is sufficient guarantee of com-fort. They are each supplied with two Thomson-Hous-ton 15-horse-power single reduction motors; the gears areencased and run in oil. This obviates noise and theirsmooth running is the admiration of every one. This isthe first line in the South to use the single reductionmotors. For this reason the road is of interest to southernrailway men and the success of the single reduction typeis fully established in this section. All cars are equippedwith the Lewis & Fowler car heaters which, the man-agement says, are giving the best of satisfaction and addgreatly to the comfort of \(; EAST FROM Illi: CM AT lA NOOG A & NfiRTH SIDE RAILWAY BRIDGE. been organized, Chattanooga will be joined to the greatwestern markets, in addition to rail facilities. The Chat-tanooga & North Side Railroad was opened to public useabout the middle of June 1891. Starting from the center of the city it extends acrossthe river into the beautiful and growing suburb. Hill City;then on towards Waldens Ridge. It has not been com-pleted as yet to the summit of Sturges Ridge, a distanceoi 2/4 miles, but the view obtained from the bridge, which,by the way, is another structure of which the city maywell be proud, and from along the line as the car ascendsthe hill, is surpassingly beautiful. Strangers especiallyare loud in their praises of this picturesque route of thebeautiful southland. The accompanying cuts show thecar climbing hill, also a scene at the end of line. THE STATION is equipped with two 150-horse-power tubular boilers,built by Walsh & Weidener, of
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