. The street railway review . nti, and thence to Ann Arbor. The franchisesof the former railway from Ypsilanti to Ann Arbor, and of five milesof track in Ann .Arbor City, were acquired by purchase, and thelines entirely rebuilt and rc-equippc<l. The Saline division is a newconstruction. The route passes through a rich agricultural country and throughseveral thriving towns and cities, from wdiich local and throughtraffic is drawn. Dearborn, 10 miles from Detroit, has about onethousand inhabitants. Inkster and Eloise are sinaller , 20 miles from Detroit, is the junction of the Ply
. The street railway review . nti, and thence to Ann Arbor. The franchisesof the former railway from Ypsilanti to Ann Arbor, and of five milesof track in Ann .Arbor City, were acquired by purchase, and thelines entirely rebuilt and rc-equippc<l. The Saline division is a newconstruction. The route passes through a rich agricultural country and throughseveral thriving towns and cities, from wdiich local and throughtraffic is drawn. Dearborn, 10 miles from Detroit, has about onethousand inhabitants. Inkster and Eloise are sinaller , 20 miles from Detroit, is the junction of the Plymouth &Northfield Electric Ry. Canton and Denton are passed beforereaching Ypsilanti, a manufacturing town of 4,000 inhabitants. Inaddition to the ordinary population of Ypsilanti the State NormalSchool has from two to three thousand students. Ann Arbor, theterminus of the line, has a regular population of and is theseat of the University of Michigan. The plans for the complete engineering equipment of this railway. ini,. 1. IuWliK LIOUSE .VND eAK ^. VlSILANTl. were prepared by Westinghouse. Church, Kerr & New York,and to the Detroit office of the same company was awarded thecontract for furnishing the steam and electrical machinery for thetwo power houses and the motors and air brakes for the cars. Thepromoters of the railway stipulated for the most advaned type of machmery ami tin- introdiuiion of the latest ineelianieal devices forsecuring economy in operation. It is no secret that the engineerswere given a free hand, and the contract was in the nature of aconfidential one. Ihis latitude has been justified, lor the Installationis a model in all respects, embodying great simplicity yet complete-ness of design, and is an excellent illustration of economical practicewhere direct current electricity only is used for operating a railroadf)f considerable length. These desirable results arc mainly tf> to concentrating the various branches of con
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