. The Street railway journal . e improvements that the most skillful engineeringcan suggest. It was natural that those who had undertaken this greatenterprise should look to America for the expert ability todirect and supervise the expenditure of their money,and thus it came about that Stephen D. Field, so wellknown in the United States, not only as a brilliant in-ventor, but as one of the oldest electric railway engineersin the country, was invited to take the position of engineer-in-chief. This he consented to do, and associated withhimself A. Kundig, a young Swiss engineer, who had hadconsi
. The Street railway journal . e improvements that the most skillful engineeringcan suggest. It was natural that those who had undertaken this greatenterprise should look to America for the expert ability todirect and supervise the expenditure of their money,and thus it came about that Stephen D. Field, so wellknown in the United States, not only as a brilliant in-ventor, but as one of the oldest electric railway engineersin the country, was invited to take the position of engineer-in-chief. This he consented to do, and associated withhimself A. Kundig, a young Swiss engineer, who had hadconsiderable experience in America. Under the vigorousand efficient management of these two men an amount andquality of work has been done in a manner and at prices 6q6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 31. that are simply amazing, and it may fairly be questionedwhether there is in all Europe a system that has been moreliberally, yet more economically, constructed. Prelimi-nary to any attempt to consolidate car houses, rolling. the Mediterranean. Herewith are shown views of theproperty and buildings, with a plan of the offices, carhouse and machine shop, as at present developed. The■company owns at this spot about 20,000 sq. m., and thushas ample provision for the inevitable growth. As a mat-ter of fact, this little real estate investment has proved oneof the best of the concerns many shrewd moves, for theriver detritus taken out and crushed electrically for road-bed material has pretty well covered the price. As isusual in Europe, the office building is a handsome, sub- LAYING TRACK ALONG ROUTE DHERMANCE, NEAR PARKDES EAUX VIVES
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