. The street railway review . lines of the Saginaw Valley Traction Co., overwhich they are allowed to run. The company has a running con-tract with the traction company by which it is not only allowed tocarry its own passengers but is allowed to pick up and carry passen-gers inside of the city limits. In order that an accounting may bemade two registers, one for the city and the other for the sub-urban traffic are used. By this method patrons from the outsidedistricts going into the city are required to pay two fares, one tothe city limits and a 5-cent fare inside of the city. 850 STREET RAILW
. The street railway review . lines of the Saginaw Valley Traction Co., overwhich they are allowed to run. The company has a running con-tract with the traction company by which it is not only allowed tocarry its own passengers but is allowed to pick up and carry passen-gers inside of the city limits. In order that an accounting may bemade two registers, one for the city and the other for the sub-urban traffic are used. By this method patrons from the outsidedistricts going into the city are required to pay two fares, one tothe city limits and a 5-cent fare inside of the city. 850 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW [Vol. XV, No. 12. Track and Overhead. The tracks are laid with T rails, 80 and 75 11). per yard, mountedon hewn 5x8-in. x 8-ft. cedar ties with 2-ft. centers. The jointsof the rails are broken and suspended. They are connected by theIllinois Steel Gos, standard six-hole angle bars and the Ohio BrassGos. lo-in. figure-8 copper bonds witb s-in. terminals. The trolley and feed wire poles arc 30 and 35 fi. in length and. VIEW OF TR.\ l).\ have as a minimum size 8-in. tops. Jhey are set sVi ^- i theground. The 3S-foot poles are used where it will be necessary,when the road is extended, to string extra feed wires. The OhioBrass Gos, tubular iron trolley arms and hangers ate used theentire length of the line, except in the village of Bridgeport, wherespan wires, with fittings the same as on the balance of the line,are used. On the overhead crossing as illustrated the trolleysupports are of special design. They are made of 2/2-m. pipe, 21feet high, with 12-ft. 8-in. arch, .gle iron braces are used tomake the supports stiff at the top. The bases of the supports reston the bent caps to which they are fastened by 5^ x 6-in, lagscrews. The trolley is round copper No. 00 wire and is suspendedI- ft. above the rails. of the interesting features of i1k- road is the viaduct con-structed in order to avoid a grade crossing with the Pere Mar-
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