. The street railway review . reet Elevated and Nortliwcstern Elevated. Loop, and the third track bring the ttjtal trackage up to 17 as single track. West of W. 52d St. there is an incline to the surface, andLake St. trains run out to the junction of Wisconsin Ave. andRandolph St. in Oak Park, a distance of gy> miles from the Loop. The company has no power house of its own. anti buys powerby meter from the Union and the Consolidated Traction com-jjanies. Power is furnished from the Hobbie St. the Western .\ the Cicero & Proviso stations. For the month of July. 1899,the
. The street railway review . reet Elevated and Nortliwcstern Elevated. Loop, and the third track bring the ttjtal trackage up to 17 as single track. West of W. 52d St. there is an incline to the surface, andLake St. trains run out to the junction of Wisconsin Ave. andRandolph St. in Oak Park, a distance of gy> miles from the Loop. The company has no power house of its own. anti buys powerby meter from the Union and the Consolidated Traction com-jjanies. Power is furnished from the Hobbie St. the Western .\ the Cicero & Proviso stations. For the month of July. 1899,the average power per car-mile run was kw. h.; the motorcars weigh lb. and the trail cars lb. The shops and car house are at Lake St. and Harding .\ building is on the surface level and is 450 ft. long and 60 Four tracks extend the entire length of the buildings: carsare brought down from the structure over an incline 550 ft. longon a grade of 2)4 per cent. The machine shop occupies the south. INCLINE OF L.\KE ^sTREET ELEV.\TED XT WEST 52D ST. 682 STREET RAILWAY RHN IX. Xu. 10. end of tlie building. An electric crane, made by the Wm. SellersCo., of Philadelphia, runs along the west half of the building. The operating offices are in rooms on the second floor of theshop buildings, and the general offices in the Royal InsuranceHuilding. The olVicers of the Lake Street Elevated Railroad Co. arc: Presi-dent, D. H. Louderback; vice-president, A. S. Littletield; secretaryand treasurer. Howard .-\bel; general superintendent, Frank l^Icd-ley; engineer, Charles V. Weston; electrician. J. R Chapman. The Union Elevated. The Union Elevated Railroad Co. was incorporated in Novem-ber, 1894, by Mr. Yerkes and his associates for the purpose ofbuilding a down-town loop terminal for all the elevated roads inthe city. The Loop is a double track structure, 11,150 ft. long, withII stations. By a lease dated Oct. i, 1897, the road is granted to thsfour elevated ra
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