. The Street railway journal . of the heaviest traffic, no trouble VIEW ON LOOP,has been experienced from the power, whichin all cases has been adequate, and has had a steady voltagewith hardly any perceptible drop on any portion of the lines. At all the principal crossing points and at the entrance tothe - loop, switchmen have been stationed to signal passingcars, prevent interference of teams, etc., and at points wherethe cars have averaged more than one to the minute this stephas been found a decided advantage in the expediting of streets over which the majority of the cars run
. The Street railway journal . of the heaviest traffic, no trouble VIEW ON LOOP,has been experienced from the power, whichin all cases has been adequate, and has had a steady voltagewith hardly any perceptible drop on any portion of the lines. At all the principal crossing points and at the entrance tothe - loop, switchmen have been stationed to signal passingcars, prevent interference of teams, etc., and at points wherethe cars have averaged more than one to the minute this stephas been found a decided advantage in the expediting of streets over which the majority of the cars run are pro-vided with good pavements, and are, in consequence, largelyused for general traffic, yet very little trouble has been ex-perienced by the cars in the way of congestion from teams andvehicles. This fact is largely due to the efficiency of theswitchmen mentioned, as well as to the street railway com-panys foresight in running separate car lines to the Exposi-tion grounds. As the loops at the fair entrance are located on. SHOWING CARS OPPOSITE MAIN ENTRANCE TO FAIR GROUNDS city streets, there has been no attempt made to compel thepurchase of tickets before boarding a car. The fares are takenup as with ordinary traffic. Since the opening of the Exposition the travel on the out-side lines of the Portland Consolidated, as well as on those lead-ing to the Exposition grounds, has very materially is especially the case with the Portland Heights loop line,which climbs to an altitude over 700 ft. above the harbor, andgives the visitor a beautiful view of the city, rivers, adjoiningcountry and the Cascade Range. The latter includes five per- Boundary Line
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