. The Street railway journal . y theoperation of the com-pany can be seen as awhole, ferry buildings,power house, car houseand the side hill cutsand switchback. Thewildness of the districtis apparent. A fewsmall houses extendalong the river underthe bluff. At this pointthe rocky sides of thePalisades and summitare heavily wooded andapparently as wild asthey were a hundredyears ago. The electricrailway after leaving theferry and mounting thehill, traverses for themost part the side of thepublic highway, yet fora distance of two miles does not pass a single statement is the more remar
. The Street railway journal . y theoperation of the com-pany can be seen as awhole, ferry buildings,power house, car houseand the side hill cutsand switchback. Thewildness of the districtis apparent. A fewsmall houses extendalong the river underthe bluff. At this pointthe rocky sides of thePalisades and summitare heavily wooded andapparently as wild asthey were a hundredyears ago. The electricrailway after leaving theferry and mounting thehill, traverses for themost part the side of thepublic highway, yet fora distance of two miles does not pass a single statement is the more remarkable when it is con-sidered that this section of the line is within five miles of r June, 1896.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 337 the center of a population of 3,000,000, the second metro-polivS of the world. Taking a car at the ferry landing the ascent of the hill obtained. Riverside Park is directly opposite and GeneralGrants tomb is the most conspicuous object. When theupper part of the higher cut is reached a magnificent pano-.
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