. Electric railway journal . NEW KANSAS INTERURBAN—VAN ARSDALE JUNCTION SUB-STATION AND OUTDOOR SWITCHING EQUIPMENT seven Kinnear rolling steel doors on either side, andone at the extreme end. This long, narrow platform,with the cars on one side and teamway on the other,makes possible the handling of freight and expresswith a minimum of labor. Two types of small shelters have been erected at theprincipal cross-road stops along the line. In one ofthese the partitions are placed in a right-angle crossand set at an angle of 45 deg. to the track. These areconstructed of wood with shingle roof and
. Electric railway journal . NEW KANSAS INTERURBAN—VAN ARSDALE JUNCTION SUB-STATION AND OUTDOOR SWITCHING EQUIPMENT seven Kinnear rolling steel doors on either side, andone at the extreme end. This long, narrow platform,with the cars on one side and teamway on the other,makes possible the handling of freight and expresswith a minimum of labor. Two types of small shelters have been erected at theprincipal cross-road stops along the line. In one ofthese the partitions are placed in a right-angle crossand set at an angle of 45 deg. to the track. These areconstructed of wood with shingle roof and cost approxi-mately $70 each. The other type of shelter used isbuilt in the form of an H, with seats installed on eitherside of the were also made of Isingle-board partitions with shingle roof anderected at a cost of $30each. Traffic Possibilities The property isequipped with variousfreight and express carsfor handling andcarload business. Whilethis is not developed toany extent at the present. time, it is expected that type of shelter usedarrangements will be along lines completed in the near future which will place the company in positionto haul a considerable quantity of the north andsouth freight movement through this district. Throughits connections the line taps the principal wheat-producing territories of the State, which in 1914raised and shipped 335,000,000 bu. of wheat. The flourmills of Wichita produced 1,750,000 bbl. of flour lastyear, and more than 50,000,000 lb. of salt were shippedfrom the State of Kansas in 1916, more than from anyother state in the Union. Some of the carload freightfrom the soda-ash manufacturing plants at Hutchinson,which is one of the largest in the country is also ex- [VOL. XLIX, No. 22 pected to move in a southerly direction over the electricline. Franchise rights have been secured for a privateright-of-way entrance into Wichita, which will cut downthe running time within the city from ten to fourteenminutes, and als
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