. The street railway review . 29 convertible cars and 25 closed cars. Interurban Line. The interurban line operates between the centers of the two dtiesover miles of track. This line has been in operation forseveral years, but on account of the damage done by the excessivefloods in 1904. a large portion of the rrack has been practically re-built. The interurban line connects the following cities, having thestated populations: Saginaw, ; Mershon, a manufacturing 336 STREET RAILWAY RE\1E\V. I VuL, XV. iNo. 6 center with but few homes; Carrohon, 300; Zilwaiikee, 600; BayCity and South
. The street railway review . 29 convertible cars and 25 closed cars. Interurban Line. The interurban line operates between the centers of the two dtiesover miles of track. This line has been in operation forseveral years, but on account of the damage done by the excessivefloods in 1904. a large portion of the rrack has been practically re-built. The interurban line connects the following cities, having thestated populations: Saginaw, ; Mershon, a manufacturing 336 STREET RAILWAY RE\1E\V. I VuL, XV. iNo. 6 center with but few homes; Carrohon, 300; Zilwaiikee, 600; BayCity and South Bay City, conihined, 45,000. For a distance of miles the interurban cars operate over citytracks in Saginaw; for a distance of 2,57 miles the track is on oneside of the highway; for a distance of miles the roadbed isbuilt on a loo-ft. private right of way and in Bay City the inter-urban cars traverse miles of city tracks to reach the center ofthe citv. Between the limits of the two cities the track and roadbed. CITY POWER are built according to steam railroad standards, the private rightof way portion of the line having a level tangent four miles longbuilt as a 7-ft. fill across the river marsh. This right of way is en-closed by woven wire fencing. About half way between the twocities the line crosses the Saginaw River on a single track, four-span, through truss bridge, 2,000 ft. long, with one panel built as adraw span. This interurban line parallels the Michigan Central andthe Grand Trunk tracks on the w-esf side of the river and the PereMarquette tracks on the east side of the river. The track is laid with 6o-lb. T-rails of A. S. C. E. section, spikedto oak ties, and each joint is bonded with twO No. 0000 AmericanSteel & Wire Cos. concealed, expanded terminal bonds. Betweenthe limits of the two cities this line has 22 crossings with steamrailway main and side tracks. Four of these crossings are protectedby interlocking apparatus, while the other
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