. The Street railway journal . gh the residence districts, the grades being less severein this part of the city, so that cable or even electric linescan be operated with no difficulty. As noted above, the twenty lines of the Metropolitansystem have an aggregate length of about 160 miles, ofwhich about 120 miles are operated electrically, the re-maining 40 miles being cable driven. About 23 miles oflines formerly cable driven had been, previous to the pres-ent vear. changed over to the electric system, and duringlast summer more of the remaining 40 miles of cable roadwere being prepared for the
. The Street railway journal . gh the residence districts, the grades being less severein this part of the city, so that cable or even electric linescan be operated with no difficulty. As noted above, the twenty lines of the Metropolitansystem have an aggregate length of about 160 miles, ofwhich about 120 miles are operated electrically, the re-maining 40 miles being cable driven. About 23 miles oflines formerly cable driven had been, previous to the pres-ent vear. changed over to the electric system, and duringlast summer more of the remaining 40 miles of cable roadwere being prepared for the change. Several new lines,with an aggregate length of about 15 miles, are also underconstruction at the present time. THE INDEPENDENCE LINE AND FA I KMOI INT PAKKIn the eastern end of the city there is a road about 9miles long, running from a depot at Fifteenth and AskewAvenue, out across the Blue River, past Washington Park,to the suburb of Independence, with a spur to Fairmount October 13, 1900.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 91S. Park. This road runs largely on a private right of way,and was originally a steam line, operated by the KansasCity & Independence Railway Company. It was pur-chased by the Metropolitan Street Railway Company in1895, and is now operated electrically to accommodate thesuburban traffic to and from Independence, a place ofabout 12,000 inhabitants, and to carry passengers to andfrom Fairmount Park—which is operated by the Fair-mount Amusement Company, a corporation closely asso-ciated with the street railway company. The park, whichwas originally laid out by a steam railroad, covers about250 acres, and is located about 10 miles from the center ofthe city. The Independence line get its traffic from the FifteenthStreet line, from which it starts, and also from the TwelfthStreet and Ninth Street cable lines, which it intersects. Therates charged are 15 cents for the round trip from the depotto the park, without transfers, making the total cost perround trip fr
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