. Electric railway gazette . of the hands of his competitors in theempire. San Jose, Mayfield & Stanford Univer-sity Railway Company has been Incorporated, Vol. X. No. 20. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 227 tTNION RAILROAD COMPANY, OF PROVI-DENCE, R. I. The street railways of Providence and Pawtucket, R. I., are now under the control of a sin-gle company, the Union Railroad Company of theformer city. Of the total mileage of over 100miles of track fifteen are entirely in Pawtucket,where horse cars at the present time are used. The track is all narrow gauge—four slderable T rail
. Electric railway gazette . of the hands of his competitors in theempire. San Jose, Mayfield & Stanford Univer-sity Railway Company has been Incorporated, Vol. X. No. 20. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 227 tTNION RAILROAD COMPANY, OF PROVI-DENCE, R. I. The street railways of Providence and Pawtucket, R. I., are now under the control of a sin-gle company, the Union Railroad Company of theformer city. Of the total mileage of over 100miles of track fifteen are entirely in Pawtucket,where horse cars at the present time are used. The track is all narrow gauge—four slderable T rail which was laid when horse carswere in use. This gave admirable service whenthe old cars were operated, bat It is found to betoo light at the present time. The flanges on thewheels at many points strike the paving blocks,asthey are three-quarter inch while the flanges onthe horse car wheels were half-inch. The T railwill be gradually replaced by Wharton girder of aheavy company has been fortunately bothered. INTERIOK OF THE PROVIDENCB STATION. feet—and three rails are laid on the street trav-ersed by both the Pawtucket and Providencecars. The Pawtucliet lines are to be electricallyequipped and work has just been begun. Thepower will be supplied from the power station inProvidence, which is located five miles fromPawtucket. It will be necessary to run feedersnine miles in length to reach the farthest pointsin the Pawtucket system. The street railways of Providence are all oper-ated by electricity with a single exception. Onone of the routes the grades are so heavy that itis Impossible to mount them by motor cars, andon the steep section of the line a cable is used .The cars on this route are equipped with singlemotors which furnish sufficient power until theheavy grade is encountered. At this point theyare attached as trailers to grip car. The ascentstarts with a rise of 11 per cent, and the maxi-mum is 16i per cent. This combined arrange-ment Is found to wjrk adm
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