. Electric railway journal . Falls, on theUtica & Mohawk Valley, a distance of 30 miles, no electricrailway is in operation or under construction. The nextand last gap is between Chili, Ind., 10 miles north of Peru,and Warsaw, a distance of about 25 miles. This link isnearly completed and will probably be opened for traffic ina few weeks. It is possible to travel by electric railwayfrom Chicago north to Sheboygan, Wis., 135 miles, andwest to Freeport, 121 miles. Between Paris, 111., and RidgeFarm is a break of 20 miles in a through electric railwayjourney from New York State to St. Louis, Mo.
. Electric railway journal . Falls, on theUtica & Mohawk Valley, a distance of 30 miles, no electricrailway is in operation or under construction. The nextand last gap is between Chili, Ind., 10 miles north of Peru,and Warsaw, a distance of about 25 miles. This link isnearly completed and will probably be opened for traffic ina few weeks. It is possible to travel by electric railwayfrom Chicago north to Sheboygan, Wis., 135 miles, andwest to Freeport, 121 miles. Between Paris, 111., and RidgeFarm is a break of 20 miles in a through electric railwayjourney from New York State to St. Louis, Mo. September 18, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 427 THE PARK TERMINAL CAR HOUSE, BALTIMORE Recent car house construction of the United Railways &Electric Company, of Baltimore, has been described in thecolumns of this paper. The latest addition to the handsomeand modern car houses of the company will be known asthe Park Terminal Car House, for which ground wasbroken July 19. Owing to its location, opposite Druid Hill. Park Terminal Car House—Exterior View Park, careful attention was given to its architectural feat-ures. The lot upon which it will be erected has a frontageon Fulton Avenue of 190 ft. g]/2 in., and a depth of 433 in. on Florence Street, and 472 ft. 1 in. on Druid HillAvenue. The exterior walls of the building will be of street car lines. This required a careful study of the oper-ating conditions, which resulted in devoting approximatelyone-fourth of the floor area in the front portion of thehouse to terminal loop tracks. The track work has beenso arranged that cars on the five different lines can pullin, be trimmed and have their layover entirely with-in the car house. At the same time the operation of no oneline, in this respect, will interfere with the operation of anyof the other lines. The floor plan shows the general arrangement of the va-rious car house features. By utilizing portions of theground area resulting from the special track constructionlayou
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