. The Street railway journal . on the large map, thereby making tributary to thecompanies lines a large amount of travel from the north. The proposed double-track electric railway from Roches-ter through East Liverpool to Steubenville will supply aneed not now adequately filled by the steam railroads, as the Cleveland & Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania lines,the position of the companies would appear to be absolutelyimpregnable as far as future electric competition is con-cerned. The franchises in the cities of Ohio are for 25 years,the former grants having just been renewed for that per
. The Street railway journal . on the large map, thereby making tributary to thecompanies lines a large amount of travel from the north. The proposed double-track electric railway from Roches-ter through East Liverpool to Steubenville will supply aneed not now adequately filled by the steam railroads, as the Cleveland & Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania lines,the position of the companies would appear to be absolutelyimpregnable as far as future electric competition is con-cerned. The franchises in the cities of Ohio are for 25 years,the former grants having just been renewed for that is the limit of the term of franchises in city streets fixedby the Ohio law, but they may be, as has just been the case,renewed and extended at any time for like periods of 25 yearseach. The franchises in counties of Ohio outside of citiesare for 50 years, and the portions of streets and highwaysupon which consents have been secured are intermingled withthe stretches of private right of way both in and outside of. ARTIFICIAL LAKE IN STANTON PARK, STEUBENVILLE main lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company do nottouch the greater portion of this valley, while the Cleveland& Pittsburg division, which does operate through this portionof the valley, is largely given over to freight business, andthere are only six trains carrying passengers between thetowns every 24 hours. The electric road will therefore be animportant feeder to the main steam railroad trunk lines bothat Rochester and at Steubenville. FRANCHISESIn locating the route, endeavor has been made to secureprivate rights of way wherever possible, and in view of thefact that the valley is so narrow, and the available strip ofbottom land is already occupied by the single highway whichtraverses the length of the valley and by the tracks of the cities, thus giving in ultimate results the effect of iong-termgrants for the route in its entirety. For the portion of theroute located in the State of Pennsylvania the conse
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