. The Street railway journal . abt)ut 9,000inhabitants, at the junction of lines to Berlin, Harrisburgand Guelph. The city is the terminus and headquartersof the (jalt, Preston & Hespeler Electric Railway Com-pany, which does a general freight business between thethree cities named, over aroadbed which is capable ofcarrying the Canadian Paci-fic Companys freight cars,the transfer of which by aBaldwin light locomotive andan electric freight motor caris an important source ofrevenue. The freigiit motorcar is fitted with two G. ,200 motors and two typeK controllers furnislied bythe Canadian (x
. The Street railway journal . abt)ut 9,000inhabitants, at the junction of lines to Berlin, Harrisburgand Guelph. The city is the terminus and headquartersof the (jalt, Preston & Hespeler Electric Railway Com-pany, which does a general freight business between thethree cities named, over aroadbed which is capable ofcarrying the Canadian Paci-fic Companys freight cars,the transfer of which by aBaldwin light locomotive andan electric freight motor caris an important source ofrevenue. The freigiit motorcar is fitted with two G. ,200 motors and two typeK controllers furnislied bythe Canadian (xeneral Elec-tric Company. The companyalso operates a small freightcar as a trailer for less thancar load lots. It has sidings into each factory andfoundrv vard on the way, so that cars can be loaded orunloadtd at tlie doors. Tlie freight transjiorted in larget|uantities includes coal, pig iron, wheat, wool and manu-factured goods Tlie freight business averages 700 to 8cotons per month. The locomotixe is run at night onl\-. JAMES F MADDEN (;\l, CO. October, 1895. THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL SOUVENIR. 49 after the passenger traffic of the day is over. The Cana-dian Pacific Railway Company issues tickets good overthe companys lines. This road is a pioneer in this line of work, and its suc-cess is said to be entirely satisfactory to the rates of fare for passengers are fifteen cents roundtrip between Gait and Preston, and twenty-five cents
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