. Electric railway journal . ofthe steam railroad company in this vicinity were sweptaway. The county bridge at High Street connecting West Ham-ilton and East Hamilton was completely destroyed, and thiscut the line of the company in two at that point. A good deal of damage was done to some of the citylines in Hamilton, and there were a number of washoutsbetween that city and the terminal of the interurban linesin Cincinnati. THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN DISTRICTS The western district comprises the interurban lines be-tween Dayton, Ohio, and Richmond, Ind., and betweenDayton, Ohio, and Union City,
. Electric railway journal . ofthe steam railroad company in this vicinity were sweptaway. The county bridge at High Street connecting West Ham-ilton and East Hamilton was completely destroyed, and thiscut the line of the company in two at that point. A good deal of damage was done to some of the citylines in Hamilton, and there were a number of washoutsbetween that city and the terminal of the interurban linesin Cincinnati. THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN DISTRICTS The western district comprises the interurban lines be-tween Dayton, Ohio, and Richmond, Ind., and betweenDayton, Ohio, and Union City, Ind. These lines weredamaged very slightly, but their operation was discontinueduntil April 7 on account of the power situation. The linesreceive current from the Lindenwald power station at Ham-ilton, Ohio, but were unable to get it because of the de-struction of the high-tension transmission lines extendingfrom Lindenwald to ONeils, the first substation south ofDayton. The northern district comprises the Lima city railway,. Ohio Flood—Damaged Track Between Springfield andDayton light, power and heat plants, the interurban lines betweenLima and Defiance, Lima and Toledo, Lima and FortWayne and Lima and Springfield. On these lines the damage was very slight, though about17 miles of track were under water, and one end of thebridge at West Liberty dropped a little, but has beenraised since. Several of the lines discontinued operation April 19, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 725 for from four to five days, but all are open now and nor-mal service has been resumed. No damage was sustainedby the city railway and lighting systems of Lima. THE CENTRAL DISTRICT The central district comprises the interurban line fromDayton to Columbus, the branch line from Medway to NewCarlisle and the Columbus-Orient interurban line. The line between Columbus and Dayton suffered a gooddeal of damage immediately west of Columbus. The pav-ing, foundations and tracks were washed out for a dis-tance of
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