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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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th avenueshowing the work on the cross-town connection between istand loth avenues now building. The four lines on whichthe conduit will be laid immediately are, on Sth avenue fromHarlem river to 59th street, on 6th avenue from 59th streetto the Battery and on Madison and 4th avenues fromHarlem river to the Post Office. The cross-town connec- SAGINAW vs. UNION STREET RAILWAY. There has been considerable friction between the streetrailways in Saginaw, Mich., and the city authorities overthe question of keeping the railway roadbeds in good con-dition and the expense of paving the streets. A statementof the case is made by City Attorney Beach as follows : The common council by resolution forfeited the rights,privileges and authorities of the Consolidated Street Rail-way Company in our streets, pursuant to an ordinance ofthe city which provided that the company was to relay itstracks on Michigan avenue, Hamilton, Cleveland and Madi-son streets, within a certain time. The company failed to
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WJ CROSSINGS AT FIFTY NINTH .STREKT AND EIGHTH AVENUE. tion on 59th street will enable passengers to make continuoustrips from Sth avenue to 4th avenue and from upperMadison to 6th avenue, and vice versa, without changingcars. The illustrations for which we are indebted to the Scien-tific American, are from photographs taken during the build-ing of the conduits and special work at the Circle. In theview looking south, Sth avenue is at the left; in the other,Sth avenue is shown at the right and at the left the com-mencement of the Boulevard. On the completion of thework at this point the entire Circle will be paved withasphalt. The West End road of Boston is building an addition toits North Cambridge car barn that will cover over an acreof ground, providing room for So cars. In the front part areeight tracks which e-xtend to the street and in the rear tentracks. comply with the terms of the ordinance and permitted itstracks to be unsafe and dangerous, and the tracks being insuch condit

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