. The Street railway journal . SIDE VENTILATOR AT BROAD STREET STATION METHOD OF SUPPORTING THE THIRD RAIL ONCOLUMNS IN THE SUBWAY. LAYING THE BALLAST AND TRACK ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR Sept. 23, 1905, souvenir issue of the Street RailwayJournal dealt very fully with this subject, but it was thenin its early construction stages and several important pointssuch as the class of rolling stock and the location and typeof contact rail were still undecided. By the end of 1905 the company had determined to adoptan all-steel car, and about the same time the third-rail ques- In addition-to this the Philad
. The Street railway journal . SIDE VENTILATOR AT BROAD STREET STATION METHOD OF SUPPORTING THE THIRD RAIL ONCOLUMNS IN THE SUBWAY. LAYING THE BALLAST AND TRACK ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR Sept. 23, 1905, souvenir issue of the Street RailwayJournal dealt very fully with this subject, but it was thenin its early construction stages and several important pointssuch as the class of rolling stock and the location and typeof contact rail were still undecided. By the end of 1905 the company had determined to adoptan all-steel car, and about the same time the third-rail ques- In addition-to this the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com-pany has permitted the publication of illustrated data cover-ing the construction and track features of the proposedFrankford line of the elevated railway STREET ROUTEThe Market Street line primarily was built to relieve thesurface congestion in the business district of Philadelphia. February i6, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. ^77 Owing to the opposition manifested toward the erectionof an elevated railway in crowded streets, the companybuilt the first section as a subway, commencing at
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