. Electric railway review . urban track with Toledo as the eastern,.\drian, Mich., as the northern and Pioneer, C, as the westernterminal. The line passes through the richest farming sec-tion of northern Ohio and southern Michigan, from whichare drawn large consignments of stock, hay, grain and otherfarm products. The railway also serves several mills andiictories and some of the leading stone quarries of the twostates in which it operates. An hourly passenger serviceis maintained between Toledo and Adrian and a two-hourservice between Toledo and Pioneer. In the year 1905 about 41) per cent of
. Electric railway review . urban track with Toledo as the eastern,.\drian, Mich., as the northern and Pioneer, C, as the westernterminal. The line passes through the richest farming sec-tion of northern Ohio and southern Michigan, from whichare drawn large consignments of stock, hay, grain and otherfarm products. The railway also serves several mills andiictories and some of the leading stone quarries of the twostates in which it operates. An hourly passenger serviceis maintained between Toledo and Adrian and a two-hourservice between Toledo and Pioneer. In the year 1905 about 41) per cent of the total receipts ofthe company were derived from its freight traffic. Mr. C. , general manager of the road, anticipates that dur-ing the present year this percentage will be increased to 50per cent of Ihe total receipts. NOVEL TYPE OF LINE CAR. The line car shown in the accompanying engraving wasbuilt at the Omaha shops of the Omaha & Council BluffsStreet Railway Company, and is now in service on that Novel Type of Line II iia & Council Bluffs Street RailwayCompany. This useful piece of rolling stock was made by reinforcingthe body of an old Lewis & Fowler push sweeper. The cir-cular track supporting the swinging platform rests on foursix-inch channel irons, which extend through the roof anddown the sides of the car to connect with the sills. Thetrack is made of a six-inch I-beam bent to a circle 7 feet 6inches in diameter. One end of the 14-foot wooden platformis supported on this circle by rollers on top of the circlewith wheels underneath the flange, so that it may be revolvedin horizontal plane around the center of the circle, thus serv-ing either one of two tracks. At the extreme end of theswinging platform is a smaller platform or table which canbe raised to afford the workmen a standing place at a con-venient height under the trolley or span wires. The interiorof the entire car body is available for storing tools and linematerial. 554 ELECTRIC RAILWAY
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