. The street railway review . gton. There is no specific statute in regard to grade crossings,but the steam roads have the first right of way and cancompel the street railways to conform to specifications as tohow the crossings shall be made. The Philadelphia, Wil-mington & Baltimore in one case compelled the Wilmington& New Castle to build a bridge too ft. long over a singletrack. There are no regulations, state or nuinicipal, as to llag-men, gates, etc. Where viaducts are necessary the question as to whichparty shall bear the cost is an open one to be passed uponby the courts. FREIGHT SERVIC
. The street railway review . gton. There is no specific statute in regard to grade crossings,but the steam roads have the first right of way and cancompel the street railways to conform to specifications as tohow the crossings shall be made. The Philadelphia, Wil-mington & Baltimore in one case compelled the Wilmington& New Castle to build a bridge too ft. long over a singletrack. There are no regulations, state or nuinicipal, as to llag-men, gates, etc. Where viaducts are necessary the question as to whichparty shall bear the cost is an open one to be passed uponby the courts. FREIGHT SERVICE IN DETROIT. At the session of the Michigan Legislature last winter anact was passed authorizing any suburban or interurban streetrailway to carry light freight, but no freight cars can berun within the corporate limits of any city or village betweenS a. m. and 8 p. m., without the consent of the municipalauthorities. The Detroit & Pontiac Railway Company hastaken advantage of this amendment and has established a. CAR ON THE DETROIT AND PONTIAC. freight service between the two cities. An old suburbancar has been rebuilt as shown in the sketch. Each day thecar leaves Pontiac at 6: lo a. m., stops at Oak, Bloom-field and Birmingham for farm and dairy produce, andarrives in Detroit at 7 150. The return trip commences atS p. m., and requires an hour and 40 minutes. The loadgenerally consists of purchases made in the city, trunks,grips, and dry goods, etc., which the wholesale merchantssend to the country stores. This is a most convenient ser-vice for those living on the line of the road and is a sourceof considerable income to the railway comjiany. A ROAD THAT FAILED. A correspondent in the west writes us of the stockholdersof the road in his town as follows : They know all they wish to know about street have ([uit—liquidated and retired. The tracks aretorn up; the cars moved into shady yards and converted intosummer houses where stockholders may enjoy the o
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