Image: The street railway review (1891) (14735748166)

Description: Identifier: streetrailwayrev12amer (find matches) Title: The street railway review Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association Subjects: Street-railroads Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: w franchises include the following lines; TrOOSl Ave. to40th St, to be completed by December, 1902; Vine St. to 44th St,to he completed bj December, 1903; 15th St to Crystal \ve.. byDecember, 1904; Prospecl Ave. from 15th and Prospect to the east- with the East 5th line near Electric Park. Wherepracticable the grades will be changed so the whole system maybe operated electrically. The 8th St. tunnel, buill for a cable roadand with a grade of mrr X per cent, will lie changed so as to make11 more practicable for electric ears, and oth Si incline will beabandoned The company will pave between rails and (8 in. outside with the same material as the rest of the street. The company will give universal transfers. OXFORD LAKE PARK. The Anniston 1 Ala. 1 Electric & <ias Co. has recently published a descriptive pamphlet on Oxford I.ake Park which is a high-classrecreation resort, established by the street railway company in connection with its lines. The company provides swimming resorts. Text Appearing After Image: NEW I ARS FOR I.9 ANl.KLES RV. The shops contain about 10.000 lineal feet of track for the reception or repair, and the ear house contains about 5.200 lineal feci of track for ti g and inspection of er 314 acres, and thatof the ear lions, ,.\,r 1.. acres. There at 16 ft high and (2 ft. wide for the adn I,,,, ; are combination wood and iron. All machinery, exceptthe steam hammers, is driven from electric motors. The first workon the design and construction was done last October. Owing lennis courts, ball grounds and other amusement features for its patrons at the park, and it has creeled howling alleys, boat houses,bathing houses, pavilions, etc An agricultural fair is usually held each year at the Lake, whichprovides a large patronage to the park, and recently a new amuse-ment resort has been started in which vaudeville entertainments aregiven every night during the summer season. The grounds, build-ings and all points of interest throughout the park are brilliantlylighted during the Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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