. The Street railway journal . A FIVE-CAR EXCURSION TRAIN ON THE STARK ELECTRICRAILWAY It is the home of the Buckeye Engine Company, one of the old-est and best known manufacturers of steam engines in thiscountry; the Deming Company, pump manufacturers; SilverManufacturing Company, castings; and one of the largest nailplants of the American Steel & Wire Company. Going intoSalem, the company bought a private right of way adjoiningan alley at the rear of Main Street, the principal street, run-ning east and west. This brings it to within 200 ft. of the CityHall. It secured a franchise for a Y at
. The Street railway journal . A FIVE-CAR EXCURSION TRAIN ON THE STARK ELECTRICRAILWAY It is the home of the Buckeye Engine Company, one of the old-est and best known manufacturers of steam engines in thiscountry; the Deming Company, pump manufacturers; SilverManufacturing Company, castings; and one of the largest nailplants of the American Steel & Wire Company. Going intoSalem, the company bought a private right of way adjoiningan alley at the rear of Main Street, the principal street, run-ning east and west. This brings it to within 200 ft. of the CityHall. It secured a franchise for a Y at the head of this street,. CONDUCTORS ent steam service between Salem and Lisbon is very are also indications that a line will soon be built fromLisbon to East Liverpool, forming a direct route to Pittsburg,and which, before many months, will have electric connectionwith Steubenville, Wheeling and other Ohio Valley points. As will be noted by reference to the map, the Stark Electricclosely parallels the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad,and competes with it at every point, with the exception of the village of Damascus. Thiscompany has always main-tained a liberal policy towardselectric roads, and it hasmade no attempt to meet therates or increase its localtrain service. On the con-trary, it has appeared willingto permit the electric road tohandle the short-haul busi-ness. Owing to the strongposition of the Pennsylvania,the electric road will probablymake no attempt to do astrictly freight business withtrains of box cars, althoughthe road is adapted for thiswork, but it will undoubtedlyderive con
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