. The street railway review . hrough thisregion is indicated by the fact that the New York Central runs 22passenger trains per day through Canandaigua six of ihcni startingfrom that village. Estimate of Earnings. Perhaps the best way to forecast the earning power of an electricrailway is to take the population directly contributory along the linebut exclusive of the population the terminal city, divide it 03the total mileage and multiply this amount by the sum that experi-ence .shows will be expended per capita per annum for railwayfares and freight and express service. Proceeding by ihi^
. The street railway review . hrough thisregion is indicated by the fact that the New York Central runs 22passenger trains per day through Canandaigua six of ihcni startingfrom that village. Estimate of Earnings. Perhaps the best way to forecast the earning power of an electricrailway is to take the population directly contributory along the linebut exclusive of the population the terminal city, divide it 03the total mileage and multiply this amount by the sum that experi-ence .shows will be expended per capita per annum for railwayfares and freight and express service. Proceeding by ihi^ methodwe have the following: Direct poindation 219,640 Less population of Rochester Mileage from Rochester to Geneva 43 Direct population per mile exclusive of Rochester Exi)erience has shown that a population figured in this mannerwill pay for electric railway passenger service from $ to $ been more than satisf,actory to the owners and fully justifies theirestimates of the c:irning capacity of the i;;i; Jan. 20. STREET RAILWAY RE\ lEW, 39 Cliaracter of stated before the road is built on private right of way averag-ing 66 ft. in width which has been bought outright in fee simple atan approximate cost of The track is of 70-lb. T-rail of.\. S. C. E. section joined with six-bolt splice bar. It is laid oncedar ties on tangents and yellow and white oak on curves, the are pin connected steel trusses. There are also five railroad crossingswith a separation of grade with steel bridges on concrete \1I bridges are designed for a rolling load consisting of a trainwith 20,000 lb. per axle on a 6 ft. 3 in. wheel base. 26 ft. center tocenter of trucks; also a dead load of 800 lb. per lineal foot with animpact of 80 per cent. AW culverts with over 4 ft. openings in the
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