. The street railway review . OPENING OF THE NEW NIAGARA BRIDGE. in these columns. It will be recalled that it has a cablespan of 1,040 ft. and that the suspended span is 800 ft. inlength. The floor of the structure is 25 ft. wide, andthrough the center there has been laid a single track forelectric cars, the bridge being designed as one of the con-necting links in a belt line trolley service about the beau-tiful gorge. The bridge was gaily decorated from end to end andpresented a very beautiful sight. Hon. W. Caryl Ely, presi-dent of the International Traction Co., had sent out hand-some invi
. The street railway review . OPENING OF THE NEW NIAGARA BRIDGE. in these columns. It will be recalled that it has a cablespan of 1,040 ft. and that the suspended span is 800 ft. inlength. The floor of the structure is 25 ft. wide, andthrough the center there has been laid a single track forelectric cars, the bridge being designed as one of the con-necting links in a belt line trolley service about the beau-tiful gorge. The bridge was gaily decorated from end to end andpresented a very beautiful sight. Hon. W. Caryl Ely, presi-dent of the International Traction Co., had sent out hand-some invitations to prominent people in the United Statesand Canada, expressing a desire to have them present at. THE FIRST CAR. the opening; enclosed in the same envelope was a card en-titling the holder to free transportation over all the com-panys lines on July 21st and July 22d. The guests assembled at the two ends of the bridge, andshortly after i oclock walked to the center, where the 74thregiment band, of BufTalo, was stationed. After a generalhandshaking, the officers of the International Traction congratulations from all, the party proceeded toQueenston Heights, where luncheon was served in tentserected in the shadow of Brocks Monument. Numerousspeches were made, Mr. Ely presiding as toastmaster. KILLED BY A RAILWAY CURRENT. On July 24tli, ^ViIliam Crites, 18 years old, was killedby the railway current while assisting a lineman at work fortlie Union Traction Co., in Marion. Ind. The lineman was on the pole lengthening out the spanwires with a view to setting the poles back farther in thestreet so as to permit of paving the street farther out. Thelineman states that he instru
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