. The Street railway journal . es per hour. The arrangement ofthe pit sheaves as well as of the tension run is shownin the longitudinal section. The Pennsylvania IronWorks Company was awarded the contract for all of thecable machinery employed as well as for its erection. A contract has just been closedwith the Columbus Central Rail-way Company, of Columbus, O., forthe construction of a Pintschworks, and the company will proceed with the equipmentof its street cars for this illumination. This road is anelectric line, and the installation will be particularly in-teresting as being the first in
. The Street railway journal . es per hour. The arrangement ofthe pit sheaves as well as of the tension run is shownin the longitudinal section. The Pennsylvania IronWorks Company was awarded the contract for all of thecable machinery employed as well as for its erection. A contract has just been closedwith the Columbus Central Rail-way Company, of Columbus, O., forthe construction of a Pintschworks, and the company will proceed with the equipmentof its street cars for this illumination. This road is anelectric line, and the installation will be particularly in-teresting as being the first in which gas has been employ-ed on electric cars. The decision to use Pintch gas wasmade on account of its economy, as well as its being amore steady and reliable illumination. 492 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol X. No. 8. Price Hill Inclined Plane Railway of Cincinnati. The operation of inclined planes forms a very im-portant part of the street railway system of business portion of the city is located on a plateau. PRICE HILL INCLINED PLANE RAILWAY—CINCINNATI. which rises abruptly from the river to an average eleva-tion of about seventy-five feet, and which is backed by anirregular line of bluffs, having an average altitude of from300 to 350 ft. above the river, over and beyond whichthe city has already spread. The principal hills are named, respectively, Price Hill,Mt. Adams and Walnut Hills. Walnut Hills ison the north, and extends almost to the bank ofthe river. The heights are all reached by in-clined planes, cable roads and, in some instances,by the electric lines, so that the rapid transitfacilities of the city embrace almost every knownmethod of traction, including horse car lines, cableand electric roads, inclined planes and one dum-my line. There are four inclined planes, on threeof which the electric cars are transferred fromone level to the other and continue their planes are provided with triangular shapedtrucks, with platforms on the level
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