. Electric railway journal . ice of tickets from interior points to San Francisco instead of charging the same fareto either San Francisco or Oakland, as is customary onthe Southern Pacific and Santa Fe lines from Sacramentoand the interior valleys. The Oakland Chamber of Com-merce greatly favors this charge. From the main Oakland depot at Fortieth Street andShatter Avenue, near the Key Routes Piedmont terminus,the Oakland, Antioch & Eastern line extends up ShatterAvenue and crosses the north arm of Lake it winds up Shepherd Canyon on a 3 per cent gradeto the Redwood Peak Tunne
. Electric railway journal . ice of tickets from interior points to San Francisco instead of charging the same fareto either San Francisco or Oakland, as is customary onthe Southern Pacific and Santa Fe lines from Sacramentoand the interior valleys. The Oakland Chamber of Com-merce greatly favors this charge. From the main Oakland depot at Fortieth Street andShatter Avenue, near the Key Routes Piedmont terminus,the Oakland, Antioch & Eastern line extends up ShatterAvenue and crosses the north arm of Lake it winds up Shepherd Canyon on a 3 per cent gradeto the Redwood Peak Tunnel, which pierces the CoastRange for a distance of 3458 ft. Most of the tunnel isthrough solid rock, and all that is not is lined with rein-forced concrete 24 in. in thickness on the sides and 18 the arch, as shown on the accompanying section at the east portal is the largest of the five substa-tions the equipment of which is described below. Fromthe summit of the Coast Range the interurban passenger. Oakland, Antioch & Eastern—Portal of 3458-Ft. Tunnel can obtain a view which is not often excelled even in Cali-fornia, noted for its magnificent scenery. From Bay Point across Suisun Bay to Chipps Island theOakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway proposes to build abridge 10,000 ft. in length and 70 ft. high over the navigableportion of the stream. The estimated cost of this bridgeis $1,500,000. Borings have been made to test the bearing
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