. The Street railway journal . FIG. I.—INTERIOR OF STATION—ALLENTOWN & LEHIGH VALLEY TRACTION CO. terior being first class, and the platform second class. Sopeculiar is the arrangement of the cars that there is a dif-ference of load on the axles of about 1,600 lbs. The roll-ing stock of the line consists at present of four cars, threein constant service, and one in reserve. Twenty-six addi-tional cars are now being constructed for the new company which operates this road is the Electric &Cable Tramways Company, of Kerns, Switzerland. In the Lehigh Valley. The present line and equipme
. The Street railway journal . FIG. I.—INTERIOR OF STATION—ALLENTOWN & LEHIGH VALLEY TRACTION CO. terior being first class, and the platform second class. Sopeculiar is the arrangement of the cars that there is a dif-ference of load on the axles of about 1,600 lbs. The roll-ing stock of the line consists at present of four cars, threein constant service, and one in reserve. Twenty-six addi-tional cars are now being constructed for the new company which operates this road is the Electric &Cable Tramways Company, of Kerns, Switzerland. In the Lehigh Valley. The present line and equipment of the Allentown& Lehigh Valley Traction Company, of Allentown, Pa.,merit a special mention at this time as being one of thefew successful enterprises of equal magnitude projectedat a time of financial panic, and carried through to com-pletion during the most stringent four months of a tryingfiscal year. Ground was only broken for the primarygrants of this company on May 15, 1893, and the work ofgrading and
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