. The street railway review . th the breaking of an 8-in. water pipein the end)anknient caused it to give way, and the four pedestals ofthe 60-ft. span to sink, but the adjacent spans held up the structurefor 10 hours afterwards; then it gradually settled and broke apart,leaving a gap of 180 ft., as shown in the cut. James T. Pardee,bridge engineer, of Cleveland, informs us that the city has let a con-tract for a temporary wooden trestle leading around the broken por-tion of the viaduct, to accommodate street cars and other trafiie un-lit I be ■itniciiin- is permanently repaired by the railroa
. The street railway review . th the breaking of an 8-in. water pipein the end)anknient caused it to give way, and the four pedestals ofthe 60-ft. span to sink, but the adjacent spans held up the structurefor 10 hours afterwards; then it gradually settled and broke apart,leaving a gap of 180 ft., as shown in the cut. James T. Pardee,bridge engineer, of Cleveland, informs us that the city has let a con-tract for a temporary wooden trestle leading around the broken por-tion of the viaduct, to accommodate street cars and other trafiie un-lit I be ■itniciiin- is permanently repaired by the railroad comi)any. CONSOLIDATION AT LEBANON, PA. The Lebanon & Annvillc and the Lebanon & Mycrstown StreetRailway Companies have been consolidated and plans are on footfor the improvement and extension of the combined lines. JohnA. Rigg, |)resident of the Uniled Traction Company, of Reading, isassociated with the new company, and is represented in the boardnf directors by his son. Dr. Walter A. Rigg. The Annvillc line will. Wn^LSON AVENUIC VIADUCT, LLEVELAXD. and the railroad company built the south approach and the bridge. The metal portion of the bridge was 562;^ ft. long, and carried a4S-ft. roadway and two 754-ft. sidewalks. Its approaches were earthembankments 230 ft. and 34s ft. long respectively. A cross sectionof the valley with a profile of the bridge is given. The street railwaycrossing the bridge was the Willson avenue line, operated by the be extended westward to Palmyra and the Myerstown line eastwardto Womclsdorf, connecting there with the Reading & Womelsdorfsystem. This will form a continuous interurban electric railway 37miles in length. A new power station will be constructed in thespring. The officers of the new company are: S. P. Light, presi-dent; H. H. Light, secretary, and F. H. Reinoehl, treasurer.
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