. The street railway review . eland hllectric Railway Co. has a very complicated cross-ing at Euclid and Willson Aves., the nature of which is shown inthe accompanying diagram. At this point the Kuclid and WillsonAve. lines intersect and three diflferent sets of crossovers arc laidconnecting the luiclid line with the Willson line. In addition theCleveland & Iittslnirg R. R., which is a part of the Pennsylvaniasystem, diagonally intersects both of these lines a few feet awayfrom the crossing of the two avenues. To more fully protect thispoint there has rcceiuly been erected at the spot marked t
. The street railway review . eland hllectric Railway Co. has a very complicated cross-ing at Euclid and Willson Aves., the nature of which is shown inthe accompanying diagram. At this point the Kuclid and WillsonAve. lines intersect and three diflferent sets of crossovers arc laidconnecting the luiclid line with the Willson line. In addition theCleveland & Iittslnirg R. R., which is a part of the Pennsylvaniasystem, diagonally intersects both of these lines a few feet awayfrom the crossing of the two avenues. To more fully protect thispoint there has rcceiuly been erected at the spot marked towerin the diagram a three-story switching tower which is shown in theaccompanying half-lone illustration. Up to the middle of last summer the safety devices at this placeconsisted of the regulation gates operated by a gateman in a smalltower near the site of the new one. l-rom this were operated thegates on Euclid Ave. alone and another tower and gateman oper-ated the gates on Willson Ave. In addition there was a flagman. MAP OF CROSSING AT WILLSON AND KUCLin AVES., CLEVELAND. work, the city eitginccr had prepared a table containing the areaof every street in which a street railway track is laid, and alsothe areas included between the tracks in those streets. From thisit was found the area covered by the tracks was about 40 per centof the total, and an agreement was immediately signed by whichthe company is to pay 40 per cent and the city the remainder ofthe cost of removing snow from all streets occupied by rails. Inmaking up the table the width of the adjoining sidewalks was alsoincluded as well as the space between curbs, as snow that falls onsidewalks is thrown into the streets and enters largely into thequestion of snow removal. This method of settling this vexatiousquestion seems entirely fair to both sides. Orders have been issued by the Board of Railroad Commission-ers to the Manhattan Elevated Ry., of New York, directing the lat-ter to e.\lcnd its structure from 177th
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