. The Street railway journal . broken stone surface, 3,400 lbs., laid on anold flint road; same on rough stone pave-ment, 4,800 lbs.; wood pavement, 5,475lbs.; stone pavement (good), 6,700 lbs.; ironrailway track, 27,600 lbs. Whitney. The St. Paul Street Railway. We have to thank Mr. H. M Littell, Su-perintendent for a copy of the annual show-ing for 1884, of this enterprising road. Dur-ing the past year, the old cars have beencondemned to destruction; old iron railsand vexatious delays at switches, sup-planted by double steel tracks. New routeshave been established and old ones aban-doned for
. The Street railway journal . broken stone surface, 3,400 lbs., laid on anold flint road; same on rough stone pave-ment, 4,800 lbs.; wood pavement, 5,475lbs.; stone pavement (good), 6,700 lbs.; ironrailway track, 27,600 lbs. Whitney. The St. Paul Street Railway. We have to thank Mr. H. M Littell, Su-perintendent for a copy of the annual show-ing for 1884, of this enterprising road. Dur-ing the past year, the old cars have beencondemned to destruction; old iron railsand vexatious delays at switches, sup-planted by double steel tracks. New routeshave been established and old ones aban-doned for more convenient streets; 45,975feet of new track were laid. Three newsnow plows have been bought and one isbuilding. The fare conveyor will beused throughout. New barns and officeshave been erected, 244 feet on Forbes St.,286 on Oak St., and 67 on Ramsey St. President Lowry will build the Daytons Bluff line as soon as the fill will Paul and Minneapolis will be connectedThe years work may be summarized as fol-lows :. Iig. 7. FIG. 6. Miles of track and paving (), cost $128,700 New cars added (37), cost 50,000 Mules and horses added (200), cost. 31,000Offices, barns and o;her buildings, cost 75,000 Real estate, cost Total cost of 1884s improvements. $314,700The $50,000 for cars includes also otherrolling stock and equipments. The roadhas cost, up to the present time, a trifleover a million dollars. Tofflers Rolling Wood Mat. The cut shows a make of wood mat * inwhich the slats are connected by two or
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