. The street railway review . essitated grades of consid-erable extent at these points, the maximum grade being percent for a distance of 8,000 ft., which occurs just outside of the 526 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. |\..i,. XIV, Nc. 8. cily i)f Springfield. Widiiii tlic cily and on tup i>f the tabic landwhich lies Iwtween these two valleys, the conntry is almost aliso-lutely level and as all of the cnrvcs on the road arc of very lontfradins except in the city streets no difficulty will lie fonnd inoperating the cars M as high a rale of speed as may he road has iK-on Iniilt on priv
. The street railway review . essitated grades of consid-erable extent at these points, the maximum grade being percent for a distance of 8,000 ft., which occurs just outside of the 526 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. |\..i,. XIV, Nc. 8. cily i)f Springfield. Widiiii tlic cily and on tup i>f the tabic landwhich lies Iwtween these two valleys, the conntry is almost aliso-lutely level and as all of the cnrvcs on the road arc of very lontfradins except in the city streets no difficulty will lie fonnd inoperating the cars M as high a rale of speed as may he road has iK-on Iniilt on private right of way Ihrcmghotil ex- iir deter local traffic, while at the same time this location leaves theroad in a far ln-ller position to undertake high speed throughtraffic than though the highways had lieen more closely •\t one point in the city of Springfield a consideralilc portion ofthe sidewalk was cut ofl by agreement of the local authorities inorder to secure curve and at another point just on the. SIllK OF IOW Kk HOlSK. cepting within the cities and towns and the private right of wayvaries considerably in width, the mininumi width being 35 ft. andthe maximum width 175 ft. Wliile the road follows the highwaysat a number of places this location has not been generally adheredto, as in other places the road runs at some distance to the rearof the houses along the highways and for a considerable distance outskirts of the city where the car barn and freight bouse arelocated, as shown in the accompanying illustration, the companypurchased a right of way through one of the city blocks in orderto eliminate two sharp curves which would have otherwise beenunavoidable. There are two railroad surface crossings on the road,one being with the Erie Railroad in Springfield which is pro-
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