. The street railway review . paving between and 18 in. outside of the outer rails. The rails laidweighed 49 lb. per yard and were supported on Kincaid patentchairs which were imliedded in concrete. The corporation, how-ever, was not entirely satisfied with the manner in which the com-pany carried out its part of the contract, and being desirous of streets. Of this distance 29 miles is of double track and about 7miles is single track. 1 he latter is to be changed to double trackin the near future. The total cost of the work carried out to date including paving,power stations, cars and other eq
. The street railway review . paving between and 18 in. outside of the outer rails. The rails laidweighed 49 lb. per yard and were supported on Kincaid patentchairs which were imliedded in concrete. The corporation, how-ever, was not entirely satisfied with the manner in which the com-pany carried out its part of the contract, and being desirous of streets. Of this distance 29 miles is of double track and about 7miles is single track. 1 he latter is to be changed to double trackin the near future. The total cost of the work carried out to date including paving,power stations, cars and other equipment is about £850,000, and bythe time the total work is completed over £1,000,000 will have beenexpended. The street improvements along the lines of the tram-ways when completed will have entailed a cost of over £500, engineering difficulties of laying out the tramway routes werenumerous owing to the very steep grades (the steepest is i in ),ihe lieavy sidcfalls in sonic of the streets along the lines and the. CAR REPAIR Slllir. SIIKFFIi:i-D TRAMWAY SYSTEM. meeting the rec|uiremenls of a rapidly increasing ijupulaliuu ob-tained Parliamentary powers on Ihe termination of the lease tooperate the tramways itself. The overhead trolley system was decided upon and a bill waspassed by Parliament authorizing the corporation to operate itssystem by electrical or other mechanical power and granting anextension of .^6 miles, thus making a total length of 45 miles, three-fotirlhs of which is double track. It was estimated Ihe total costof the work authorized would be £600,000. Sept. 5. i8gg, the firstlength of I/j miles was opened and other routes followed in quicksuccession, but it speedily became evident that to meet the require-ments of the city further extensions would be necessary. Otherhills were accordingly promoted granting Ihe corporation power toexpend further amounts on tramways and also considerable sumsupon street widening and improvements, most of which were
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