. The street railway review . TRAIN AT STATION. crossings, has been bought outright, in the same manneras the ordinary steam road. Whenever possible, also,the owners of adjoining property have been paid damages 264 ^^tuctl^iWa^J^VmV in advance, and they have signed agreements to relinquishall claims for damages incident to the construction andoperation of the road. The company has thus securedpractical immunity from what has on some elevated roadsproved to be a great source of expense. No other ele-vated road yet built in this country has pursued thispolicy of buying its entire right-of-way. T
. The street railway review . TRAIN AT STATION. crossings, has been bought outright, in the same manneras the ordinary steam road. Whenever possible, also,the owners of adjoining property have been paid damages 264 ^^tuctl^iWa^J^VmV in advance, and they have signed agreements to relinquishall claims for damages incident to the construction andoperation of the road. The company has thus securedpractical immunity from what has on some elevated roadsproved to be a great source of expense. No other ele-vated road yet built in this country has pursued thispolicy of buying its entire right-of-way. The actual work of construction was carried on bythe West Side Construction Company, a corporation hav-ing the same officers as the railroad, with E. W. Eckertas chief engineer. This company gave the contract forthe iron and steel of the structure to the Carnegie SteelCompany, of Pittsburg. AND TERRITORY. Starting at the down town terminus at Franklin street,half way between Van Buren and Jackson streets, near KALEVIMAG
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