. The street railway review . BERLIN ELEVATED ELECTRIC RAILWAY. for an elevated road, and this time it met with greatersuccess. The road will be miles in length, extending from theZoological Garden to Warschauer place, with a branch toPotsdamer place; it is a double track structure is to be operated by electricity. Work was begun Sep-tember 10, 1S96, and it is to be completed by March, 1S9S,under a penalty of $10,000. The Siemens & Halske Company received a franchise for. THE UNDERGROUND LINE. a term of 90 years, beginning March 15, 1896. Afterfour years the company is to pay
. The street railway review . BERLIN ELEVATED ELECTRIC RAILWAY. for an elevated road, and this time it met with greatersuccess. The road will be miles in length, extending from theZoological Garden to Warschauer place, with a branch toPotsdamer place; it is a double track structure is to be operated by electricity. Work was begun Sep-tember 10, 1S96, and it is to be completed by March, 1S9S,under a penalty of $10,000. The Siemens & Halske Company received a franchise for. THE UNDERGROUND LINE. a term of 90 years, beginning March 15, 1896. Afterfour years the company is to pay the city 2 per cent of thetotal gross receipts, provided they do not exceed $1,500,000;21^ per cent if the receipts reach $1,750,000, etc., the rateon the whole amount being increased i^ per cent for each$250,000 increase in the gross income. The minimum is,however, $5,000. The rate of fare is left to the discretionof the company for the first seven years, after which it is tobe fixed by the authorities. Trains are to commence run-ning from both ends at 5 :30 a. m. and continue at not less than 5-minute intervals until midnight or half an hour later,depending upon the season. The illustration shows the type of the structure. Theminimum clearance or headway is fixed at 18 ft. Thecurves have a minimum radius of 900 ft. From the Potsdamer railroad station an underground linewill extend north to the river Spree and thence along theriver, in an open gallery just below the pavement, to
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