. The street railway review . practical The entire road was constructed under tbe directionDr. G. E. Abbot, president and general manager of thecompany; Wm. B. Upton, consulting engineer; S. , chief engineer, and Joseph Colvin, electrical engineer. The cost of the road and equipment com-plete was about $700,000. The road is practically a steam road operated byelectricity, being operated under steam road rulesexclusively, and using electricity as motive power. Partof the way an absolute block system is used, and thebalance is operated under an order system from tele-graph s

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. The street railway review . practical The entire road was constructed under tbe directionDr. G. E. Abbot, president and general manager of thecompany; Wm. B. Upton, consulting engineer; S. , chief engineer, and Joseph Colvin, electrical engineer. The cost of the road and equipment com-plete was about $700,000. The road is practically a steam road operated byelectricity, being operated under steam road rulesexclusively, and using electricity as motive power. Partof the way an absolute block system is used, and thebalance is operated under an order system from tele-graph stations, precise!} as on steam roads. The road is already doing a splendid business, and isdestined to be one of the best interurban properties inthe country. Its trains of three 40-foot cars, as theyloop around the cable building, present a most pleasingsight, especially at night, with their brilliant illumination. Laborers in the employ of a contractor engaged inthe work for the Newark & South Orange, N. J., StreetRailway Company came into c

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