. The Street railway journal . WAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XII. No. 4. paving, wagon traffic was largely confined to the railwaytracks. As a horse line, the Orleans Railroad was universallynicknamed the Cream Cheese Line. Tradition has itthat the French habitants upon bringing their cans of milkfrom the Bayou to the Market in the Orleans cars wouldfind the contents turned to cream cheese upon its natural sentiment of the people is displayed in per-petuating this little romance by the coloring of the newcars, which is (Broadway) orange and cream, or cream trunk track and three above the othe
. The Street railway journal . WAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XII. No. 4. paving, wagon traffic was largely confined to the railwaytracks. As a horse line, the Orleans Railroad was universallynicknamed the Cream Cheese Line. Tradition has itthat the French habitants upon bringing their cans of milkfrom the Bayou to the Market in the Orleans cars wouldfind the contents turned to cream cheese upon its natural sentiment of the people is displayed in per-petuating this little romance by the coloring of the newcars, which is (Broadway) orange and cream, or cream trunk track and three above the other, with one each overthe three center tracks. A combined bracket and spanconstruction was devised to ensure strength and reliability,for if all ten wires were supported from a span, the break-age of one or two spans might disable the entire railwaytraffic of the city. At every cross street, a street railway line eithercrosses Canal Street, or swings into a trunk track, orcrosses it to branch into one of the three Traction Com-. MAP SHOWING THETRACKS AND FEEDER SYSTEM OF THE ORLEANS RAILROAD COMPANY New Orleans, La, CANAL ST. // a. DUMAINE ^iil explanation: prusent location. J proposed extt^iisiuii 1 feeler systc-m.
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