. The Street railway journal . THIRD-RAILSUPPORT All passes have been abolished by the Metropolitan StreetRailway Company, of Kansas City, Mo., and hereafter police-men, firemen, members of the Coi^ncil, and motormen andconductors in uniform will be the only ones to ride free. has been carried out, one showing the method of laying thegirders in concrete and the other the Belgian paving blocksbeing placed in position. The new rails are of 72-lb., in 6o-ft. lengths, and the joints are cast welded. Thecompany has completed plans for the erection of a newpower house to serve urban and
. The Street railway journal . THIRD-RAILSUPPORT All passes have been abolished by the Metropolitan StreetRailway Company, of Kansas City, Mo., and hereafter police-men, firemen, members of the Coi^ncil, and motormen andconductors in uniform will be the only ones to ride free. has been carried out, one showing the method of laying thegirders in concrete and the other the Belgian paving blocksbeing placed in position. The new rails are of 72-lb., in 6o-ft. lengths, and the joints are cast welded. Thecompany has completed plans for the erection of a newpower house to serve urban and interurban traffic. A newcar house has recently been erected, containing a machineshop, a blacksmith shop, and a paint shop, in addition to spacefor forty-two cars. The city of Madison is situated between two lakes, and. TRACK CONSTRUCTION IN RESIDENTIAL STREET ANDOPPOSITE THE STATE UNIVERSITY several other lakes are in the immediate vicinity to the street railway company proposes to extend its system soas to connect all of these lakes and to include also SouthMadison, at which time considerable excursion travel is ex-pected. Other plans on foot are to connect Madison withLake Michigan by trolley, touching Fond du Lac and Plv-mouth, thence to Sheboygan, an interurban line being alreadv July 14, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 79 in operation between the two last named cities. The com-panys regular schedule provides for the operation of aboutfifteen cars with extras during the hours of heavy travel andon special days. Seven thousand people, approximately, arecarried each day, and. from that number to 25,000 on specialdays. A ten-minute instead of a twelve-minute schedule isnow being maintained, which the company is convinced willmean greater patronage and economy of operation. The plan has bee
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