. American engineer and railroad journal . ►Jo ft. <a O GO U •<En O a r- afti. « oo w ■r 5«o (/> Ed en QHE-> 5 p 4I4 THE AMERICAN ENGINEER [September, 1895. power for street cars, its use was abandoned, and the first linesto introduce rapid transit employed the cable motor. But I lieexpense of construction soon put an end to that, and the sev-eral streetcar companies in Baltimore took up the trolley sys-tem and set about making the necessary changes to put it intouse. Within three years all the old horse-car lines have beenfitted out with the new appliances, requiring375 miles of t
. American engineer and railroad journal . ►Jo ft. <a O GO U •<En O a r- afti. « oo w ■r 5«o (/> Ed en QHE-> 5 p 4I4 THE AMERICAN ENGINEER [September, 1895. power for street cars, its use was abandoned, and the first linesto introduce rapid transit employed the cable motor. But I lieexpense of construction soon put an end to that, and the sev-eral streetcar companies in Baltimore took up the trolley sys-tem and set about making the necessary changes to put it intouse. Within three years all the old horse-car lines have beenfitted out with the new appliances, requiring375 miles of trackt3 be replaced, and calling for an expenditure of $10,(ioihmi<i inthe way of improvements. This constituted the first stajje The second step was to expand these city systems by build-ing roads into the suburbs. With a single exception, the cor-porations owning street railways in the city have extendedtheir tracks greater or less distances into the adjoining coun-ties. Lines are now in operation to Curtis Bay, across thePatapsco Hiver ; to Catousville, 6 miles southwest
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