. Electric railway gazette . feet in thatlength, and another 22feet of that same spans are joinedtoother iron spans of agrade of feet;these grades at each postmeet with angular pre-sentations, knuckled anddished. Then the waycontinues at a height of14 feet 4 inches abovethe street. The requirements forsteam railway transpor-tation are becomingmore and more a subjectof public interest. Ifcorporations and com-panies fail to meet them,a public pressure isbrought that stimulatesto increased action andfresh vigor. There arerailroad improvementsnow being brought topublic attention,
. Electric railway gazette . feet in thatlength, and another 22feet of that same spans are joinedtoother iron spans of agrade of feet;these grades at each postmeet with angular pre-sentations, knuckled anddished. Then the waycontinues at a height of14 feet 4 inches abovethe street. The requirements forsteam railway transpor-tation are becomingmore and more a subjectof public interest. Ifcorporations and com-panies fail to meet them,a public pressure isbrought that stimulatesto increased action andfresh vigor. There arerailroad improvementsnow being brought topublic attention, forwhich are claimed greatthings. Every new sys-tem should be preservation oflife and limb of passen- F, gers is imperative. De-railment of train should be impossible. To secure these,costs should not be counted. The Meigs system, most cer-tainly, has been very thoroughly examined. Every part indetail has been subjected to observation ; nothing has beenconcealed; and we have yet to learn of any element in its. An Electric Railway Bill. Mr. E. li. Callcndar recently submitted a bill, containingthe following . the Massachusetts Legislature:— Section t. Any railroad company, or street railwaycompany, incorporated under the laws of this commonwealth,shall have the right to operate its trains or cars by electricity, under any system, or bymeans of any devices,which may be approvedby the board of railroadcommissioners; but ifany such system shallrequire the erection ofpoles or other structuresiri a public way, applica-tion for a location forsuch poles or structureshall be made to themayor and aldermen ofthe city or selectmen ofthe town in which it isdesired to erect suchpoles or structures; andsaid mayor and aldermenor selectmen may granta location of such polesor structures and directalterations therein, asprovided in sec. 3 ofchap. 109 of the PublicStatutes of the common-wealth. Sec. 2. An owner ofland near to or adjoininga highway or road alongwhich any pole or ot
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