. Railroad traffic and rates . t Huron, Mich.,Louisville, Ky., or Westfield, N. Y., with but one small gapin the continuity of the line. (2) New England is a secondhome of electric interurbans. Over 5,300 miles of electricrailway track are located here; and in Massachusetts thereare 2,233 miles, or 128 more than the mileage of all steamrailroads operating in the state. Other special sections are(3) New York, in the Hudson and Mohawk valleys and theregion tributary to Buffalo; (4) Pennsylvania, in the south-eastern and northeastern and w^estern valley regions, and(5) the Pacific Coast, in South


. Railroad traffic and rates . t Huron, Mich.,Louisville, Ky., or Westfield, N. Y., with but one small gapin the continuity of the line. (2) New England is a secondhome of electric interurbans. Over 5,300 miles of electricrailway track are located here; and in Massachusetts thereare 2,233 miles, or 128 more than the mileage of all steamrailroads operating in the state. Other special sections are(3) New York, in the Hudson and Mohawk valleys and theregion tributary to Buffalo; (4) Pennsylvania, in the south-eastern and northeastern and w^estern valley regions, and(5) the Pacific Coast, in Southern California and the re-gions adjacent to Portland, Spokane, and Puget Sound. In discussing the competition between the electric linesof these regions and the steam railroads, it is convenient toseparate the passenger from the express and freight former is of predominant importance in the electricrailway business and is the object of keenest express and freight service accounts for but per 232.


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