. The street railway review . ilesper hour will he realized, with an average speed of 2(< milhour, including The running time between Holland and Macatawa Tark is about30 minutes. The interurhan ears, run on Grandville Ave if town loop. While foi tance double traek is used, single track with turn outs prevails. This spring a sinkhole encountered just at the limits of Holland. After bring-ing the surface to grade with gravel the tracks were laid, but it wasonly a short time until traek and fill dropped out of sight and onlya pond remained in their place. It was then realized thathole, nearly
. The street railway review . ilesper hour will he realized, with an average speed of 2(< milhour, including The running time between Holland and Macatawa Tark is about30 minutes. The interurhan ears, run on Grandville Ave if town loop. While foi tance double traek is used, single track with turn outs prevails. This spring a sinkhole encountered just at the limits of Holland. After bring-ing the surface to grade with gravel the tracks were laid, but it wasonly a short time until traek and fill dropped out of sight and onlya pond remained in their place. It was then realized thathole, nearly 700 ft. in length, had developed; an attempt was madet till it with •and and gravel, but the bottom seemingly could not In reached and this method was abandoned. On the surface there firm crust covering some I ft of muck. By drilling testholes a Btratum f gravel about to ft. thick was penetrated aadbelow this was found another layer of muck. After the top crusthad given way as mentioned, ihc traek was rclaid temporarily nn. SINK HOLE NEAR HOLLAND. track road from the terminal of the electric line to the loopdown town is to be constructed. The population served by this road is shown by the follitable: Grand Rapids ooiooo South Grand Rapids 500 Grandville 1,200 Jenison 200 Jamestown 150 Vreesland 200 Zeeland 2,000 Holland 10,000 Saugatuck 800 Douglas (opposite Saugatuck) 700 Total population of villages Townships outside of villages, 3 miles on each side ofline, and all tributary to line, estimated from re-ported population of entire townships 15,000 Total estimated winter population outside of Grand Rapids 30,750 Summer population 3 to 4 months (from outside of this district) at Macatawa Park and Ottawa Beach. at Saugatuck and Douglas 1,000 Additional summer population Total outside of Grand Rapids The general character of the territory between terminals is roll-ing, with some steep hills. Several wooden bridges for spanningcreeks, were required
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