. The street railway review . ts is being installed onthe Miami & Erie Canal which is not only unique in the history oftransportation but involves the use of a three-phase system of elec-tric traction, being the first electrical installation of its kind in thiscountry and the most extensive application of mechanical canalboat haulage in the world. The Miami & Erie Canal runs from the Ohio River at Cincinnatiin a general northerly direction and connects with Lake Erie at railroad systems of the state existed, it constituted one of the busiestarteries of trade in the state of Ohio. The territory
. The street railway review . ts is being installed onthe Miami & Erie Canal which is not only unique in the history oftransportation but involves the use of a three-phase system of elec-tric traction, being the first electrical installation of its kind in thiscountry and the most extensive application of mechanical canalboat haulage in the world. The Miami & Erie Canal runs from the Ohio River at Cincinnatiin a general northerly direction and connects with Lake Erie at railroad systems of the state existed, it constituted one of the busiestarteries of trade in the state of Ohio. The territory through whichit passes and that immediately contiguous to it contains about 5,315,-000 people, or nearly one-third of the entire population of the stateand it passes through 18 cities and towns whose population aggre-gates 656,500, and penetrates the richest and most fertile sections ofthe state. For thirty years practically no attention has been paidto the canal and its business, which had paid large receipts to the. VIEW ALON<; LINE OF MIAMI & KKIK CANAl^. Toledo. The route of the canal and the principal cities throughwhich it passes arc shown on the accompanying map. The electricsystem which is being installed, and which is now practically com-pleted between Cincinnati and Dayton, a distance of 68 miles, com-prises a standard gage single track road built along the tow pathof the canal on which electric locomotives are used to tow fleets offrom five to seven canal boats. The construction of ihc Miami & Erie Canal was commencedabout 1825 and in its early years, before the competition of the slate, has been gradually diverted to the railroads, so that for thelast 20 years the appropriations for the maintenance of the canalnot only included all of its receipts but often considerable amountsin excess taken direct from the slate treasury. The receipts for the20 years previous to 1900 amoiuUed to $i,6(;4,4o8, and the expendi-tures for maintenance and operation for the .same per
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