. The Street railway journal . y concrete to a large extent. The terminal approacheswere designed under the direction of Mr. George A. Kim-ball, ^.ehief engineer of elevated and subway construction. ;URTHER PROGRESS BY THE UNITED RAILROADS OFSAN FRANCISCO IN THEIR RECONSTRUCTION WORK There is noticeable a steady improvement in conditionsin San Francisco so far as the United Railroads are con-cerned. The strike on the companys lines, which had been which is owned by the United Railways Investment Com-pany, for some time. With the movement of a large frequency changer fromthe Martin to the North
. The Street railway journal . y concrete to a large extent. The terminal approacheswere designed under the direction of Mr. George A. Kim-ball, ^.ehief engineer of elevated and subway construction. ;URTHER PROGRESS BY THE UNITED RAILROADS OFSAN FRANCISCO IN THEIR RECONSTRUCTION WORK There is noticeable a steady improvement in conditionsin San Francisco so far as the United Railroads are con-cerned. The strike on the companys lines, which had been which is owned by the United Railways Investment Com-pany, for some time. With the movement of a large frequency changer fromthe Martin to the North Beach power station the UnitedRailroads will have reached a solution to the power ques-tion, which will enable them to increase the number of carsin service to 560, more by a hundred than have been runningat any time since the fire. With the coming increase inthe number of cars, and to decrease the liability of ac-cidents, the company has adopted a new set of rules regu-lating the movement and spacing of cars and right of way. Xtraat Railway Journal PLAN OF ELEVATED WORK AT FOREST HILLS, BOSTON in progress since last May, having been practically called•off the latter part of September, the operation of the vari-ous lines is now on a larger and more satisfactory scalethan it has been at any time since the earthquake. A largeamount of new construction work, however, remains to bedone, but this is now being pushed as rapidly as to General Manager Black there are now 450•cars in operation on the lines. They are mostly of the new at street intersections. The motormen received the neworders a few days ago and inspectors have been giveninstructions for their strict enforcement. The United Rail-roads have begun the work of restoring their portion ofHarrison Street, between Fourth and Sixth Streets, so thatthe companies having contracts with the Board of Super-visors for repairing this thoroughfare can begin operations^shortly. 1206 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol.
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