. The Street railway journal . CROSSING UNDER THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY fact is in competition with the present city and suburbanlines of the Tacoma Railway & Power Company. The constructed main line from Tacoma to Lake City isi2y2 miles long, and outside of the corporate limits of thecity is built on a private right of way 60 ft. wide. A 4-milebranch to Steilacoom, a suburb of Tacoma, on Puget Sound, A VIEW OF AMERICAN LAKE AT THE TERMINUS OF THEPACIFIC TRACTION COMPANYS LINE Beyond the city the track is standard, light construction,using 60-lb. steel rails, not braced on curves. The track
. The Street railway journal . CROSSING UNDER THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY fact is in competition with the present city and suburbanlines of the Tacoma Railway & Power Company. The constructed main line from Tacoma to Lake City isi2y2 miles long, and outside of the corporate limits of thecity is built on a private right of way 60 ft. wide. A 4-milebranch to Steilacoom, a suburb of Tacoma, on Puget Sound, A VIEW OF AMERICAN LAKE AT THE TERMINUS OF THEPACIFIC TRACTION COMPANYS LINE Beyond the city the track is standard, light construction,using 60-lb. steel rails, not braced on curves. The track issurfaced with gravel, which is abundant and cheap. Thegrades are light; with the exception of a few velocity gradesapproaching the crossings of narrow ravines they do notexceed per cent. There is one commendable feature September 7, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 34i about the line in general that differentiates it from manyother electric railways in the Far West; this is that thecompany has not sacrificed its align
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