. The Street railway journal . on strike in Rome, and the au-thorities were called upon to protect the operators of thecars that were being run by the company. No acts ofviolence were reported. 284 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. id. The Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway BY E. F. SEIXAS While electricity has not yet conquered the trunklines, there are a number of examples of short railroadswhich were formerly operated by steam, but which haveabandoned that power in favor of electricity. A striking of which is in operation at the present writing and the restunder construction, l
. The Street railway journal . on strike in Rome, and the au-thorities were called upon to protect the operators of thecars that were being run by the company. No acts ofviolence were reported. 284 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. id. The Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway BY E. F. SEIXAS While electricity has not yet conquered the trunklines, there are a number of examples of short railroadswhich were formerly operated by steam, but which haveabandoned that power in favor of electricity. A striking of which is in operation at the present writing and the restunder construction, leaves only the line between Torontoand Hamilton yet to be built, thus enabling a passenger toget on a trolley car in any part of BufYalo and runthrough by electric car to Toronto, the Queen City ofthe West. The roadbed is of the standard of steam lines in con-struction,, almost entirely over privateright of way, which is sufhciently wide toallow of double track. The overhead con-struction consists of 35-ft. poles and iron-. FREIGHT YARDS AND CAR HOUSE OF COMPANY MAP SHOWING ROUTE OF NIAGARA, & TORONTO RAILWAY example of this kind of conversion is to be found in therehabilitation of the old Niagara Central Road, a formersteam road connecting Niagara Falls, Out., and St. Catha-rines, Ont. As a steam road, the less said about it thebetter. J. A. Powers, A. B. Colvin and J. W. Herbert,three typical representatives of the old Empire State, con-ceived the idea of connecting Buffalo and Toronto ])y anelectric road. They bought up the link between Niagara Falls
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