. The street railway review . e was takento erect largely of fire-proof conslrnction. ami the event, while a ^ncit lrm|)orary loss, a?id oiu wliicli rninrd lumdrcds of Intsinessnun, a luinril lo llic rily. Railroads. The nnoxcelled transportation facilities enjoyed \>y Chifano havedonhlless conlrilinled more to the citys growth than any other oneI irnii 111 llir is a product of the lyth century. Withinliu- niiinniy oi nun lunv active in business life it has ma<le itsappeiuancc and nvolulioni/nl iIu- uoild. In |H)0 there werehnl j,i miles of railway in operation
. The street railway review . e was takento erect largely of fire-proof conslrnction. ami the event, while a ^ncit lrm|)orary loss, a?id oiu wliicli rninrd lumdrcds of Intsinessnun, a luinril lo llic rily. Railroads. The nnoxcelled transportation facilities enjoyed \>y Chifano havedonhlless conlrilinled more to the citys growth than any other oneI irnii 111 llir is a product of the lyth century. Withinliu- niiinniy oi nun lunv active in business life it has ma<le itsappeiuancc and nvolulioni/nl iIu- uoild. In |H)0 there werehnl j,i miles of railway in operation in tju Lnited Slates. Duringllu nixt decade this milcaKC was increased to , and in 1850It had grown to , In 1S60 there a total of 30,626 miles,and in 1870. miles. The nlnni of nnleagc in 1880 showed9,^.296, aiul in iKiin this a of It is es-timated that liy the closr ni iju- prescni ycir tluic will In- nearly200,000 miles in operation in the ililleri-iil states. The year r)f. STATE STREET IN ,,s. greatest railway construction was 11*7, when 12,878 miles of newtracli were laid. Illinois easily leads the states of the Union in railroad mileagewith a total of Pennsylvania being a close second with .\s a railroad center Chicago leads the cities of the tiiial number of separate lines entering the city being 39, lead-ing, with their liranches and connectiims to all sections of thiscountry and extending into Canada and Mexico. These roads ^ 1 D ^ ^ AVFINIJK. have miles of track within the corporate limits of the oily,but this by no means represents the needs of the separate lines,many being compelled to use leased track, by reason of lack of ter-minal facilities. The entrance to a crowded metropolis by so manylines has been a serious problem and has required engineeringskill of the best ability to solve. The lake shuts o(T all approachfrom the east, thus further complicating matters. T
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