. The Street railway journal . CROSS SECTION OF RECEIVING STATION isfactory proportions, as will be discussed later, the projectis of interest from the character and equipment of the buildingsand rolling stock especially provided, and from the plant andmethods adopted for final disposition. The American Rail-way Traffic Company agreed to build thirteenreceiving stations scattered about the boroughabout 1 mile apart, and to dispose of the ma-terial at 35 cents per cubic yard. There wasno existing figure under such conditions thatwould allow the city to make any compari-sons, but it was estimate
. The Street railway journal . CROSS SECTION OF RECEIVING STATION isfactory proportions, as will be discussed later, the projectis of interest from the character and equipment of the buildingsand rolling stock especially provided, and from the plant andmethods adopted for final disposition. The American Rail-way Traffic Company agreed to build thirteenreceiving stations scattered about the boroughabout 1 mile apart, and to dispose of the ma-terial at 35 cents per cubic yard. There wasno existing figure under such conditions thatwould allow the city to make any compari-sons, but it was estimated that the averagehaul by the city wagons would be decreased50 per cent, so that a less number of cartswould suffice, leaving a reserve to take care ofthe periods of maximum collection, to over-come the delays attendant on bad weather andhave an equipment equal to the gradual in-crease in population for some time to the point of view of cost to date, theDepartment of Street Cleaning does not ex-pect to show a financi
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