. The Street railway journal . n in one of the illustrations, pulling a train of cars outof one of the industrial sidings. A five-car passenger sched-ule is operated with a twenty-minute service between Middle-port, Pomeroy and Minersville, through cars running toSyracuse and Racine every hour. In 1905, 911,971 passen-gers were carried, and if the present ratio of increase is main-tained the number of passengers carried this year will farexceed one million. The power house is located in Pomeroynear the mouth of a coal mine, giving the advantage of verycheap fuel. All machinery is built in dupl
. The Street railway journal . n in one of the illustrations, pulling a train of cars outof one of the industrial sidings. A five-car passenger sched-ule is operated with a twenty-minute service between Middle-port, Pomeroy and Minersville, through cars running toSyracuse and Racine every hour. In 1905, 911,971 passen-gers were carried, and if the present ratio of increase is main-tained the number of passengers carried this year will farexceed one million. The power house is located in Pomeroynear the mouth of a coal mine, giving the advantage of verycheap fuel. All machinery is built in duplicate. A 500-voltd. c. system is employed, with ample feeders extending ineither direction. The company also does all the municipal *5 ^..^..^....^...^..^•^^ K ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^|™^|||H||^^^^BiHmr;iT IP Pii,^l^^fc XJ^JttiJHI^w Plpg ^g^j PASSENGER AND BAGGAGE COMBINATION CAR and commercial lighting in Pomeroy, which is operated byan a. c. system from the same power house. Aside from the cars now being delivered bv the I. G. Brill. PANORAMIC VIEW OF POMEROY, AS SEEN FROM THE UlliO RIVER pany are extensive coal mining properties, tapping thelargest undeveloped body of bituminous coal in the State ofOhio. The road was built in 1900, since which time itsbusiness has steadily increased; it has been a potent factor in Company, eleven cars comprise the rolling-stock equipmentfor passenger service, all of which are frequently pressedinto use during the summer months. Eight of these cars areof the Brill make, six being ten-bench open summer cars 46 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVIIL No. i. mounted on No. 21-E trucks for 27-hp motors, and two closedcombination passenger and baggage cars mounted on Eu-reka maximum traction trucks for 35-bp motors. An ex-tension of 13^ miles is being built from the present Middle-port terminus cf the line, passing Fair View Park and on toHobson, Ohio, the junction point of the Hocking Valley &Kanawha and Michigan Railways, and where is located the
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