Identifier: streetrailwayjo311908newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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iring the elevation of the Chicago &Northwestern and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul tracksand the abolition of all grade street crossings in Evanstonnorth of the Chicago city limits at Howard Avenue. Thismust be completed by Dec. 31, 1910, but no work has beendone on it as yet and nothing will be done for at least an-other year. Inside the city limits of Chicago, from HowardAvenue south to Lawrence Avenue, no ordinance has yetbeen drafted requiring the elevation of tracks. The senti-ment in Chicago, however, has been strongly in favor ofelevation and it will probably be only a question of timeuntil this section, too, must be elevated. The connection with the existing structure at the Wilson Avenue terminalhas been built with this end in view and 1500 ft. of theconnecting incline is a permanent steel structure. A No. 0000 overhead trolley wire will be used after leav-ing the incline, the wires being supported by span wiresstrung between wooden poles set at the side of the right-
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/ Central AvG (Term I no 15ta^ 2 Nojes St 3 Church St 4 DernpsterSt 5 So Evanston Stct/on 6 Calvary Station 7 Howard Ave •• 8 Birdiwood Station 9 Rogers Parh •> 10 Hoiyes Ave // No Edgewater Station 12 Edgewater 13 Argyle Ave 14 Wi/son Ave Terminal 15 Stiendon Road 16 Belmont Aven FullertonAveIS Chicago AveW Hinzie St Union Loop - MAP SHOWING NORTHWESTERN ELEVATED RAILROADSEXTENSION TO EVANSTON, ILL. of-way. The stations are of wood with elevated platformsthe height of the car floors, and long enough to accommo-date five-car trains. Canopies long enough for three-cartrains have been built over one end of the platforms nextto the ticket booth. Entrance to the platforms will be fromthe street crossing at one end through a ticket booth and May 23, 1908.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 843 shelter house. The railway company has put the track ingood surface, renewed old ties and put in such switches andspecial work as were necessary. The track rails arebonded with No. 0000 flexible mesh

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