Identifier: streetrailwayrev14amer (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

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field, Troy & Piqua Ry., which was formally openedto traffic on June 8th, is an overhead trolley system at presentrunning between Springfield and Troy, O., a distance of about 29miles. The route of this road is given on the accompanying map,from which it will be seen that only part of its ultimate length isyet constructed. As shown by the map, a second division of theroad running between Christiansburg and Piqua remains to bebuilt and the construction of this part of the line is to he com- as it does not closely parallel any existing steam or electric rail-road. In addition to the passenger business the company has alsoprepared to carry on a freight and express business and arrange-ments are pending for the establi.shment of a double daily mailservice to all villages along the line. The Springfield terminus of the road is at one side of the PublicSquare in that city, whicli is tlie general terminus of all the elec-tric lines entering Springfield. At this point connections are made
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VIEW IN E.S<;iNE ROOM, SIRINGFIEI.I), TKOV & IKJtA KY.—SIlOWINIi 0)()I1-.T(-(()K1.1SS EN<;INKS. mcnced at once. The road runs through a beautiful section offarming country and touches a number of prosperous villages enroute. The total (lopulation tributary to the road is 71,321, ofwhich 63,100 is the population of the cities and towns and 8,221the rural population. This gives a gross popidation of 1,981 permile of road. Among the principal cities and towns through which the roadpaste* is Springfield, with a population of 45,000; Lawrenccville,200; North Hampton, 400; IJialton, 100; Christiansburg, 800; Cass-town, 400; Troy, 6,500. This road, unlike many of the Ohio inter-tirbans, ha» an entire monopoly of the territory which it serves. with the Springfield & Xeni.i, tlic Daylim, Spiingliild & Urbana.the Columbus, London & Springfield and the cars of the Spring-field city system. The cars of the Appleyard system uporatcaround a loop in the Public Sipiare while

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