. The Street railway journal . re built of concrete and steel; Fig. 16 illustrates typicalbridge on the line. It is interesting to note that the new electric line is running-parallel with the Chicago & Alton Railroad, and that there isa considerable amount of rivalry between the competing com-panies. The Bloomington, Pontiac & Joliet lines cross theWabash and Illinois Central tracks about a mile from Pontiac,and, due to the litigation at present proceeding concerning theright of the new company to cross the steam companies lines,the electric cars are unable to run into Pontiac itself, but sinc
. The Street railway journal . re built of concrete and steel; Fig. 16 illustrates typicalbridge on the line. It is interesting to note that the new electric line is running-parallel with the Chicago & Alton Railroad, and that there isa considerable amount of rivalry between the competing com-panies. The Bloomington, Pontiac & Joliet lines cross theWabash and Illinois Central tracks about a mile from Pontiac,and, due to the litigation at present proceeding concerning theright of the new company to cross the steam companies lines,the electric cars are unable to run into Pontiac itself, but sincewriting the present article the writer has learned that thesedifTerences have been settled by the Illinois State Railway andWarehouse Commission. The Wabash tracks are to be raised4 ft. and the electric line to cross underneath. The executiveof the new road has shown considerable enterprise in not let-ting these hindrances deter the opening of the line, and freebuses are being run from Pontiac to the present FIG. 16.—VIEW OF CONCRETE CULVERT ALONG THE LINEOF THE BLOOMINGTON, PONTIAC & JOLIET SINGLE-PHASE RAILWAY Already an active business is being carried on, and the firstday that the line was opened—Wednesday, March 15—over100 passengers were carried, and the average number for thenext ten days amounted to over 200 passengers per day. OnMarch 25, 323 passengers, and the 26th, 551 were carried. Therailway company has no car house at present, and it certainlyspeaks well for the one equipment running that it has been incontinuous operation and done the entire work of the line sincethe opening. The acceleration is remarkably good for single-phase opera-tion and compares most favorably with other similar equip-ment. Of course, as good results in this direction cannot beexpected as with the d. c. motor, but the results at Pontiac havecertainly astonished many. The Arnold Company acted as consulting engineers for thesystem, and the writer wishes to acknowledge his t
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