. Electric railway journal . ouncil BluffsBridge roads took place in 1902, which brought the pres-ent company, the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street RailwayCompany, into existence. Following this the entire prop-erty was rebuilt and re-equipped and since then many ex-tensions have been made. Among the improvements arethe following: New 10,000-hp power station. New substations. Track with 73-lb. girder rails. Replacement of old cars with new 40-ft. cars mountedon double trucks. Large brick shop and car lines double extensions made. In 40 years the road
. Electric railway journal . ouncil BluffsBridge roads took place in 1902, which brought the pres-ent company, the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street RailwayCompany, into existence. Following this the entire prop-erty was rebuilt and re-equipped and since then many ex-tensions have been made. Among the improvements arethe following: New 10,000-hp power station. New substations. Track with 73-lb. girder rails. Replacement of old cars with new 40-ft. cars mountedon double trucks. Large brick shop and car lines double extensions made. In 40 years the road has grown from 2 miles of singletrack with four horse cars, to a system of 140 miles oftrack with 350 modern double-truck cars. Following sec-tions of the history will describe the physical features ofthe present property. THE INLAND EMPIRE FRUIT SPECIAL The Inland Empire System, which operates through arich fruit district in Washington, instituted a Fruit Speciallast year to carry lecturers from town to town to instruct. Lecturer on Inland Empire Fruit Special ExplainingMethods of Tree Culture the owners of orchards along the line in the best methods offruit raising and handling. This novel experiment by anelectric railway was so successful that it was repeated thisyear. The lecturers were professors from the WashingtonState Agricultural College and of the University of Idaho, ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. April 24, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 791 who started from Colfax on Wednesday evening, March31, and completed their itinerary at Palouse on April railway company provided for good audiences by send-ing out a program showing when the train would reach eachstation and what subjects would be discussed. The lec-tures were accompanied by demonstrations in planting,spraying and pruning fruit trees on the flat car shown inthe illustration. That the passenger service of the Inland Empire Systemis being pushed as energetically as the freight business isproved by the accompany
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