. Report on the Pittsburgh transportation problem, submitted to Honorable William A. Magee, mayor of the city of Pittsburgh . MAP OF ALL STREET RAILWAY Lift This trackage comprises all the lines of the Pittsburgh Railways Company 4<-foreign companies operating in the District. Tracks radiate in all directionsdifficult topography. The Pittsburgh Railways system comprises milesinterurban track or a total of miles. \SSUfi6. SCALL - FEET ZOOO *OOP 6O0O TRACKAGE MAP PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS COMPANY BION J ARNOLD PITTSBURGH TRACTION PROBLEMTO HON. WILLIAM A. MAGEEMAYOR OF PITTSBURGH W IN
. Report on the Pittsburgh transportation problem, submitted to Honorable William A. Magee, mayor of the city of Pittsburgh . MAP OF ALL STREET RAILWAY Lift This trackage comprises all the lines of the Pittsburgh Railways Company 4<-foreign companies operating in the District. Tracks radiate in all directionsdifficult topography. The Pittsburgh Railways system comprises milesinterurban track or a total of miles. \SSUfi6. SCALL - FEET ZOOO *OOP 6O0O TRACKAGE MAP PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS COMPANY BION J ARNOLD PITTSBURGH TRACTION PROBLEMTO HON. WILLIAM A. MAGEEMAYOR OF PITTSBURGH W IN PITTSBURGH AND VICINITY. underlying companies, whether owned, leased or operated, also those of the W recti- , the business center at the Point, the irregularity of the lines being due to the . „le track inside City limits. milpg in cnnm-han districts. miles REVIEW OF SURFACE TRACTIONDEVELOPMENT IN PITTSBURGH. Noting the more important steps in the history of the formation of thepresent system—Horse car period, 1859 to 1887—Activityfollowing enlargement of city boundaries in 1868—Experi-mental period, 1887 to 1891—Cable systems started in 1889—Pioneer electric road a failure—Other electric roads successfulfrom the start—Abandonment of cable system in 1896—Per-iod of exploitation and competition, 1891 to 1896—Tractionbusiness considered agold mine—Destructive competition—Hard times of1893-U ch
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