. The street railway review . eet loop is used to turn the cars on the southern andeastern divisions, comprising the following lines: Twenty-second avenue, Stout street. Riverside Cemetery and StockYards, 19th and 25th avenue, Colfax avenue, nth avenue,Broadway and South Broadway, South Tremont Park, Pearl street, Harman and Arlington Park. The lower or Lawrence street loop is used by the fol-lowing lines: Lawrence street, east and west avenue, Ashland avenue, Elitch Gardens and Ber-keley, Rocky Mountain Lake, Union Depot. There is 1,580 ft. of curved track in
. The street railway review . eet loop is used to turn the cars on the southern andeastern divisions, comprising the following lines: Twenty-second avenue, Stout street. Riverside Cemetery and StockYards, 19th and 25th avenue, Colfax avenue, nth avenue,Broadway and South Broadway, South Tremont Park, Pearl street, Harman and Arlington Park. The lower or Lawrence street loop is used by the fol-lowing lines: Lawrence street, east and west avenue, Ashland avenue, Elitch Gardens and Ber-keley, Rocky Mountain Lake, Union Depot. There is 1,580 ft. of curved track in the two loops andtheir connections. All the curves have spiral construction is of the very best character, girder T-rails weighing 72 lbs. per yd. being used exclusively. Theties, placed 24 in., center to center, are tamarack, creosoted with ID lbs. of oil to the cu. ft. by the Michigan Pipe Com-pany of Bay City, Mich. Tie bars are placed at intervals of 6ft. Brown-Edison plastic bands are used throughout. The. TERMINAL LOOPS, DENVER. pavement is basalt (granite) blocks and asphalt. All of thecurves, switches, frogs and special work, which is of amost substantial character, were built by the company inits own shops. The detail plans and general construction were super-intended by the companys constructing engineer, John , to whom we are indebted for the accompanyingplan of the loop. McLEAN RETURNS TO THE UNITEDSTATES. Thomas H. McLean, who for the past two years has beenpresident and general manager of the lines in the City ofMexico, has accepted the offer of the Toledo Traction Com-pany, and wull return to theUnited States about the firstof April to become generalmanager of that road. is recognized as oneof the brightest and mostsuccessful managers in thefraternity, and has made arecord at Mexico which is atonce highly creditable tohimself and satisfactory tohis road. He has introducedAmerican methods, reducedexpenses, increased divi-dends, an
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