. The street railway review . treets to Fort Niagara, andit was decided better to purchase a private right of waybetween the villages rather than build along the Ri\Lr strip of land, 30 ft. wide was purchased some 400 of the River road and fenced in. It is a single trackrailway of standard gage with five turnouts and eiul switches,also a branch in Lewiston to the New York Central freightdepot and one in Youngstown to the docks As the country isvery level there were no diHicult fillings, only a few woodenliox culverts, and one trestle 48 ft. long and y ft. high Th
. The street railway review . treets to Fort Niagara, andit was decided better to purchase a private right of waybetween the villages rather than build along the Ri\Lr strip of land, 30 ft. wide was purchased some 400 of the River road and fenced in. It is a single trackrailway of standard gage with five turnouts and eiul switches,also a branch in Lewiston to the New York Central freightdepot and one in Youngstown to the docks As the country isvery level there were no diHicult fillings, only a few woodenliox culverts, and one trestle 48 ft. long and y ft. high Thi- entire length of the niad is 10 miles. The con-slruitiiin of ihi line comnu-nced in the sjiring of 1S96, thecontrait for llie roadbed, cixevliead work and fencing being$C)3,500 and was coniplclrd in .\ligu^l of llu- same Ihe fences and |)oles are [jainUd olive grii-n. In llu-U\o lovvns the track is laid willi girder rails, 67 and . in the country 36-II). T-rails are in use. The power ()5-l ^Md^HoilM^SV^c^. SCENES ON THE LEWISTON comes from the Niagara Falls Hjdraulic Power & Manufac-turing Company whose station is 7^ miles from Lewistonwhich gives a maximum distance of transmission 16 milesThe current is conducted over a 500,000-c. m. stranded cop-per wire strung on the poles of the Gorge Road andconnected to the feeders and trolley wire at Lewiston. Thecurrent from one of the 1,000-h. p. generators is raised to750 volts by means of a booster for the long transmissionThe equipment is for freight and light baggage as well aspassenger service. There are four open cars and two closedcombination baggage and passenger cars made by the J. GBrill Company and these are equipped with G. E. 1,000motors. During the past summer a large freight traffic hasbeen handled, consisting chiefly of peaches, grapes, applesand other fruit, in refrigerator cars ; formerly this has all been — ,. ^ .-<^t_ • i ^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^sP<r^<^^^^fe^^^3 E FOKT NIAGARA. teamed to Lew
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