. Electric railway journal . Bombay Tramways—Bori Bunder Junction in Front of the Victoria Terminal Station classes when the lines were first opened, but even in caste- tract for construction of the track and overhead lines wasridden India the democracy of the trolley car has prevailed. taken by J. G. White & Company, Ltd., of London, Eng-The difference in the comfort of the accommodations did land, and for the power equipment and rolling stock by thenot justify the higher first-class fare, so that these cars Brush Electrical Engineering Company, Loughborough, were taken off and a single class
. Electric railway journal . Bombay Tramways—Bori Bunder Junction in Front of the Victoria Terminal Station classes when the lines were first opened, but even in caste- tract for construction of the track and overhead lines wasridden India the democracy of the trolley car has prevailed. taken by J. G. White & Company, Ltd., of London, Eng-The difference in the comfort of the accommodations did land, and for the power equipment and rolling stock by thenot justify the higher first-class fare, so that these cars Brush Electrical Engineering Company, Loughborough, were taken off and a single class has now become the street railway system is now carrying annually ,000 passengers per mile of cars were operated in Bombay as early as 1874,. Bombay Tramways—Completed Track Ready for Paving but it was not until 1906 that permission was finally securedfrom the authorities to convert the system to electric opera-tion and to build several important extensions. The con- November 6, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 975 England. The work of converting the lines to electricoperation was completed in May, 1908. The total length ofthe several routes is 21 ^4 miles, almost all of which isdouble-track except in a few narrow streets. As shown inthe cross-section of the standard track construction the macadam paving. Most of the ballasting was done byfemale laborers who carried the broken stone in small headbaskets. It will be seen in one of the accompanying en-gravings that even the roller used in laying the macadam
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