. The Street railway journal . nd the use of a third was provided for. Competitivebids were allowed twice before the franchise was granted. It islikely that the higher courts will be appealed to for a final de-cision. - An ordinance has been introduced in the City Council of to authorize the Water Commissioner to collect fares onthe electric railway that is operated by the city from Baden tothe Chain of Rocks, a distance of 4 miles. At present the road isequipped with one car, and is operated solely for the city em-ployees, especially those connected with the water department,who use
. The Street railway journal . nd the use of a third was provided for. Competitivebids were allowed twice before the franchise was granted. It islikely that the higher courts will be appealed to for a final de-cision. - An ordinance has been introduced in the City Council of to authorize the Water Commissioner to collect fares onthe electric railway that is operated by the city from Baden tothe Chain of Rocks, a distance of 4 miles. At present the road isequipped with one car, and is operated solely for the city em-ployees, especially those connected with the water department,who use it in going to and returning from their work. Although Paris is behind every other large city in the worldexcept, possibly, London, in modern methods of surface trans-portation, the city has an entirely different standing in regard tothe utilization of electricity tor heavy electric railway backwardness in the application of electricity to surface trans-portation has not been the fault of the tramway companies, who. FIG. 1.—SECTION OF THIRD-RAIL CONSTRUCTION USEDBETWEEN STATIONS, ORLEANS RAILWAY have shown a most laudable effort to introduce mechanical trac-tion on the city streets and have made experiments with steam,compressed air, tireless and Serpollet locomotives, storage bat-tery cars, surface contact systems and underground conduit as the trolley has been prohibited, and as the length of the jjj Profile of Cars j « 600
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