. The Street railway journal . ty a Fowlerelectric sweeper is used. The president and manager isBenjamin Norton, who owns or controls practically allthe capital stock of the system. He originated the schemeand carried it through and built all the lines in the sys-tem. The company reports an excellent business. Thegross receipts for the six months ending November 30,1895, were $62,967 with operating expenses less than 48per cent of receipts. 92 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XII. No. 2. INTERURBAN ROADS NEAR LOS ANGELES, CAL. The construction of long electric lines for interurbantrafific is bein
. The Street railway journal . ty a Fowlerelectric sweeper is used. The president and manager isBenjamin Norton, who owns or controls practically allthe capital stock of the system. He originated the schemeand carried it through and built all the lines in the sys-tem. The company reports an excellent business. Thegross receipts for the six months ending November 30,1895, were $62,967 with operating expenses less than 48per cent of receipts. 92 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XII. No. 2. INTERURBAN ROADS NEAR LOS ANGELES, CAL. The construction of long electric lines for interurbantrafific is being carried on on the Pacific slope as well asin o,ther parts of the country. In Southern Californiathe construction of such lines receives an especial stimu- The Pasadena & Los Angeles Electric Railway whichcomprises all the lines in Pasadena with the exceptionof the Pasadena & Mount Wilson Electric Railway wasbegun in 1894 and opened for traffic, May i, 1895. Theconstruction was single track, but the first weeks opera-. FIG. 15.—POWER STATION AND CAR HOUSE—PASADENA & PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY, lus from the fact that the climate is mild during everymonth in the year, making a trip by electric cars particu-larly agreeable, and from the fact that the populationcomprises a large proportion of wealthy persons whohave been attracted to the region on account of its cli-mate and who would be apt to liberally patronize anyline catering to pleasure travel. Los Angeles, as is wellknown, is the largest city in Southern California and ithas become an important center of electric railway de-velopment. To the northeast of the city, about twelvemiles distant, lies Pasadena connected with Los Angeles tion of the road provedjts inadequateness in carrying ca-pacity, and the work of doubletracking the entire linehas just been completed. There are three long bridges,one of 300 ft. over the Arroyo Seco in Los Angeles; one900 ft. long and 45 ft. high over the Arroyo at the townof Garvanza; and one
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