. Electric railway journal . a number of transmission line poles were wrecked anda small bridge near Akron was washed out. Although theflood was stated to be the worst ever heard of in this sec-tion of the country, the companys losses at this time areestimated not to exceed $10,000 on property and $15,000 onearnings. ( In I lie Western Ohio Railroad the only serious damageresulting from the recent floods, it is stated, was the wash-ing out of a 160-ft. two-span steel and concrete bridge atLockington, Ohio. The repair of the rest of the damage,which consisted of a number of minor washouts, has
. Electric railway journal . a number of transmission line poles were wrecked anda small bridge near Akron was washed out. Although theflood was stated to be the worst ever heard of in this sec-tion of the country, the companys losses at this time areestimated not to exceed $10,000 on property and $15,000 onearnings. ( In I lie Western Ohio Railroad the only serious damageresulting from the recent floods, it is stated, was the wash-ing out of a 160-ft. two-span steel and concrete bridge atLockington, Ohio. The repair of the rest of the damage,which consisted of a number of minor washouts, has beenabout completed at a cost not exceeding $1,000. No trainservice was operated on Tuesday, March 25, but on the26th and 27th regular service was started from BeaverDam, Lima, Wapakoneta and St. Marys to Celina and fromSt. Marys to Loramie. Regular service from Findlay onthe north to Sidney on the south and Celina on the west andto Loramie was commenced March 28. There was no in-terruption to the power and lighting Flood Disaster—Overturned Jnterurban Car Opposite New Y. M. C. A. Building in Dayton, Ohio resumed on Monday. At that time the Fremont bridge wasstill giving trouble and the machinery of the power houseat that point was soaked. It will be thoroughly dried outand perhaps baked before being put into operation. This,with small washouts and other minor damages, with lossin receipts of perhaps $10,000, constitutes the loss to theroad. The Fremont-Lima line is said to be pretty badlydamaged in places. No cars were being run over it earlyin the week. The Cleveland-Lima service of the LakeShore Electric Railway was suspended when the water cameup at Fremont and Lima. The Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern was operatingfairly well Monday. Water got into the power house atPainesville and put it out of commission. The line wasoperated with power from the Cleveland Electric Illumin-ating Company over part of the distance and the companysother equipment took care of th
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