. The Street railway journal . nd terminatesin a loop through the car barn on Jeannette Street, sixmiles distant from the starting point. There are twobranches, one on Jackson Avenue and the other on Napo-leon Avenue, which terminate at the river, the cars start-ing from Canal Street, the power station being located atthe head of Napoleon Avenue, near the levee. The tracks, with the exception of the portion onBaronne Street and Jackson Avenue and the street con-necting the latter with St. Charles Avenue, are located ona reservation or neutral ground, as it is here termed, in themiddle of the s
. The Street railway journal . nd terminatesin a loop through the car barn on Jeannette Street, sixmiles distant from the starting point. There are twobranches, one on Jackson Avenue and the other on Napo-leon Avenue, which terminate at the river, the cars start-ing from Canal Street, the power station being located atthe head of Napoleon Avenue, near the levee. The tracks, with the exception of the portion onBaronne Street and Jackson Avenue and the street con-necting the latter with St. Charles Avenue, are located ona reservation or neutral ground, as it is here termed, in themiddle of the street, where it is not subject to vehicular 302 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 5. traffic except at the crossings. St. Charles Avenue is 120ft. wide between the property lines, and the neutral trackis forty feet wide with roadways on each side thirty feet inwidth and sidewalks ten to fifteen feet wide. The road-ways are paved with asphalt or Rosetta gravel, formingexcellent carriage driveways. Napoleon Avenue is laid. FIG. 2.—INTERIOR OF PRESIDENTS PRIVATE . CAR—NEWORLEANS & CARROLLTON RAILROAD. out in about the same manner. On someportions of Avenue are lines of shade trees, and the neutralground is cultivated as a grass plot, with here and therean attempt at ornamentation with palms and avenue throughout its entire length is bordered bybeautiful homes and public institutions, which are sur-rounded with green lawns and shaded by magnolias, liveoaks, crape myrtles, orange trees and ornamented by cipally employed (except on Baronne Street and JacksonAvenue). This is spiked to the ties, which were laid inthe soil without ballast, two feet centers. The heavytraffic in wet weather causes the ties to churn to a degreeseldom experienced in street railway practice, making thetrack very rough and necessitating constant repairs. Thetrouble is being partially remedied by tamping the tieswith cinders and gravel. In our opinion it will require aheavier r
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