. The Street railway journal . Fig. 7.—Single bracket pole—Liege—scaler:6o. Fig. 8.—Single bracket pole—Liege—scale1:6o. Fig. 9.—Combination double bracket andgas lamp pole—Hamburg—scale i :6o. Fig. 10.—Span wire pole—Wiesbaden—scale1:60. Fig. II.—single bracket pole—Wiesbaden—scale 1:6o. Fig. 12. Fig. 12.—Bracket for two trolley wires—Hamburg—scale i REPRESENTATIVE GERMAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY POLES. July, 1896.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 401 Oesellschaft equipped a line in Renisclieid near the lowerRhine with a grade of percent, which is probably thesteepest street railway grade in (Germ
. The Street railway journal . Fig. 7.—Single bracket pole—Liege—scaler:6o. Fig. 8.—Single bracket pole—Liege—scale1:6o. Fig. 9.—Combination double bracket andgas lamp pole—Hamburg—scale i :6o. Fig. 10.—Span wire pole—Wiesbaden—scale1:60. Fig. II.—single bracket pole—Wiesbaden—scale 1:6o. Fig. 12. Fig. 12.—Bracket for two trolley wires—Hamburg—scale i REPRESENTATIVE GERMAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY POLES. July, 1896.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 401 Oesellschaft equipped a line in Renisclieid near the lowerRhine with a grade of percent, which is probably thesteepest street railway grade in (Germany. The railwayauthorities predicted that a car would not mount this grade,but that was some years ago. They have learned a gooddeal on these subjects, just as all the rest of the world hasin the last five years. A good many roads cannot stand the expense of aconductor, and they have cash fare boxes. Most of theroads in Germany have the zone system, the smallest farebeing ten pfennigs, or about two and a half cents; thiscarries a passenger a little over a mile, or, to be more exact,about two kilometers. The next fare is fifteen pfeiuiigs andtwenty and twenty-five pfennig fares are rarely average receipts per car kilometer on good paying roadsin Germany are between twenty-five and fifty pfennigsper car kilometer, that is, between ten a
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