. The Street railway journal . construction of the Caguas railway it has beennecessary to meet two binding requirements. Meter gageis necessary to permit through freight arrangements withthe American Railway Company, the system of the lattercompany being built to that gage. At tlie same time the SAN TURCE PLANT OF THE SAN JLTAN LIGHT & TRANSIT varying in length from 70 to 100 ft. besides manysmaller structures. All the piers and abutments are con-crete. The line is laid with 66-lb. rails, with continuousjoints on long leaf yellow pine and black gum ties, 6 ins. x8 ins. X 8 ins., creos
. The Street railway journal . construction of the Caguas railway it has beennecessary to meet two binding requirements. Meter gageis necessary to permit through freight arrangements withthe American Railway Company, the system of the lattercompany being built to that gage. At tlie same time the SAN TURCE PLANT OF THE SAN JLTAN LIGHT & TRANSIT varying in length from 70 to 100 ft. besides manysmaller structures. All the piers and abutments are con-crete. The line is laid with 66-lb. rails, with continuousjoints on long leaf yellow pine and black gum ties, 6 ins. x8 ins. X 8 ins., creosoted to withstand the effects of theclimate. The ballast is rock and gravel. The entire engineering and construction of the railwayand power properties is in ch;irgc of J. G. White & Co. 278 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXL No. 8. THE NEW PLANT OF THE JACKSON ELECTRIC RAIL-WAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY The electric railway service of Jackson, Miss., the capitalof the State and a commercial center of about 30,000 in-. EXTERIOR OF LATEST POWER PLANT OF THE JACKSON RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY habitants, is conducted on about fifteen miles of track bythe Jackson Electric Railway, Light & Power Company. Anew steam turbine power plant is rapid-ly approaching completion on the com-panys property on Tombigbee Street,.and when all the machinery is installedthe station will be one of the mostmodern steam plants in the South. Forsome months the plant has been carry-ing the companys load, but owing tochanges in the turbine and condenserlayout the completion of the plant isstill a matter of some weeks. The new plant is located about halfa mile from the business center of thecity and injection water for the con-densing system is drawn from a wellcarried down into the old bed of thePearl River. Coal is brought to thestation in cars by a special spur trackof the Illinois Central Railroad, andthe cars are hauled up a grade of about10 per cent to the level of a coal pocketdistributing track ad
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