. The Street railway journal . pool, Man-chester, Bolton, Wigan, St. Helens, Atherton, Tyldesley, Leigh,Lowton, Newton, Ealestown, Prescot, Rainhill, Knotty Ash,Warrington, Astley, Boothstown, Worsley, Eccles, Patricroft,Swinton, Salford, Walkden, Hulton, Hindley, Westhoughton,Abram, Golborne, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Haydock, Rochdale,etc. The population thus served is estimated at 5,000,000. The first section of the South Lancashire Companys lines,10 miles in length, was put in operation Oct. 20, 1902, and ad-ditional sections have been opened, until on March 30 of thisyear an inaugural trip wa
. The Street railway journal . pool, Man-chester, Bolton, Wigan, St. Helens, Atherton, Tyldesley, Leigh,Lowton, Newton, Ealestown, Prescot, Rainhill, Knotty Ash,Warrington, Astley, Boothstown, Worsley, Eccles, Patricroft,Swinton, Salford, Walkden, Hulton, Hindley, Westhoughton,Abram, Golborne, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Haydock, Rochdale,etc. The population thus served is estimated at 5,000,000. The first section of the South Lancashire Companys lines,10 miles in length, was put in operation Oct. 20, 1902, and ad-ditional sections have been opened, until on March 30 of thisyear an inaugural trip was made between Liverpool and Bolton,which is distant from Liverpool about 26 miles and from Man-chester about 10 miles. In addition to its extent the system is especially interestingfor two other reasons. In the first place, the system has beendesigned with a view to the institution of a freight and expressservice; and in the second place it exemplifies in a very markedfashion the relationship which can exist between a private. POWER HOUSE AT ATHERTON 8 of the Street Railway Journal for July 4. It is thought,therefore, that some particulars of the equipment of this linewill prove of interest. This important undertaking, which is said to be the mostextensive system of tramways for which statutory powers haveever been granted by Parliament, is designed to connect thecities of Manchester and Liverpool, and at the same time serveall the important towns, villages and manufacturing and miningdistricts lying around and between those great commercialcenters. When the construction of the South Lancashire TramwaysCompanys system is completed (which in itself will traverse113 route miles) no less than 535 miles of tramways, thegreater part of which are at present isolated, will be linked towns and districts thus brought into direct communication company operating an interurban system and the managementsof large and comparatively small municipalities which operatetheir own systems o
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