. Electric railway review . es and limited cars will makethe run between Auburn and Ithaca, miles, in one hour,without intermediate stops. The schedule of these cars willbe arranged to make connections with trains on the NewYork Central. The local trains will make the run in 1 hourand 20 minutes, stopping at Ma|)leton, Jlerrifield. Venice Cen-ter. Genoa. North Lansing. South Lansing and Esty. at whichpoints station agents will be in attendance to sell tickets andto receive freight. It is pointed out that the Lehigh Valleyrequires 1 hour and 40 minutes tor the run from Auburn toIthaca over
. Electric railway review . es and limited cars will makethe run between Auburn and Ithaca, miles, in one hour,without intermediate stops. The schedule of these cars willbe arranged to make connections with trains on the NewYork Central. The local trains will make the run in 1 hourand 20 minutes, stopping at Ma|)leton, Jlerrifield. Venice Cen-ter. Genoa. North Lansing. South Lansing and Esty. at whichpoints station agents will be in attendance to sell tickets andto receive freight. It is pointed out that the Lehigh Valleyrequires 1 hour and 40 minutes tor the run from Auburn toIthaca over a route seven miles longer. The fare for theentire run will be 75 cents one way and $ round trip,the distance between terminals being miles. Roadbed. The maximum grade of the new line will be 2V4 per centand eliminating the first grade out of Ithaca will be 1 percent. The road will have one 4-degree curve, but otherwisethe maximum curvature will be 2 degrees. The largest fill is at the Auburn end and is 1,500 feet. New York Auburn & Lansing—Map of Route and Connections. long and 35 feet deep, passing over two highways and astream by concrete arches. This will be the 60,000-yard fillpreviously mentioned, which is necessary to reach an eleva-tion sufficient to carry the line over the tracks of the LehighValley to a connection with the New York Central. The10,000-yarJ fill will be on the opposite side of the LehighValley tracks. A second large fill is at North Lansing, 415feet long and 65 feet deep, containing cubic stream beneath this fill is carried through a 10-foot con-crete arch 170 feet long. New grading will be required for adistance of four miles out of Auburn, from which point thepresent profile of the old roadbed is satisfactory for high-speed operation. No serious blasting work is encountered on any part ofthe road for the reason that nothing but shale rock is metwith, and this can often be handled by the shovel with verylittle lilasting. On
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