. The Street railway journal . y, and thence up Gay. This rope has 1,000 ft. ofcurves of various radii—85 ft. of 60 ft., 195 ft. of 100 ft.,85 ft. of 175 ft., 635 ft. of 250 ft. radius, and 26,009 ft- °ftangent, making a total of 27,009 ft. The East Balti-more Street rope, which runs east from this power houseto Patterson Park, in East Baltimore, has a speed of nmiles. Its curves are as follows: 203 ft. of 60 ft. radius, lines of the Traction Company. Thereare five such cross-ings, the Traction Company having the upper rope at allbut one. The North Charles Street line crosses the lineof the Tr
. The Street railway journal . y, and thence up Gay. This rope has 1,000 ft. ofcurves of various radii—85 ft. of 60 ft., 195 ft. of 100 ft.,85 ft. of 175 ft., 635 ft. of 250 ft. radius, and 26,009 ft- °ftangent, making a total of 27,009 ft. The East Balti-more Street rope, which runs east from this power houseto Patterson Park, in East Baltimore, has a speed of nmiles. Its curves are as follows: 203 ft. of 60 ft. radius, lines of the Traction Company. Thereare five such cross-ings, the Traction Company having the upper rope at allbut one. The North Charles Street line crosses the lineof the Traction Company at Fayette Street. The cars ofthe Baltimore City Passenger Railway approach on thenorth side of this crossing with a rising grade of 2 percent, and a curve of 250 ft. radius, the approach from thesouth side being on an up grade of \% per cent. Theworst crossing, however, is at the intersection of theTraction Companys tracks on Fayette Street and those ofthe White line on Eutaw Street. At this point there is a. 105 ft. of 75 ft., 80 ft. of 100 ft., 45 ft. of 175 ft., 35 ft. of200 ft., 230 ft. of 259 ft., and 13,234 ft. of tangent, makinga total length of 13,932 ft. The North Charles Street station is similar in con-struction to the other two. The driving gear in this sta-tion was supplied by the Robert Poole & Son Company,Walker differential drums being used. The engines havecylinders 20 and 30 X 60 ins. The steam plant and otherfixtures are the same as used in the other stations alreadymentioned. Only one rope is driven from this house. Itis driven from drums 8 ft. 6 ins. diameter, the speedbeing 9^2 miles. This station has a car house attached,180 X 56 ft., with four plain tracks and two open for
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