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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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y of the Board of Railway Com-missioners of New South Wales, advises us concerning thestreet railways of Sydney and Newcastle as follows: The street tramways in Sydney and Newcastle are undercontrol of the Railway Commissioners. At the present timethree systems of traction are in operation, viz., steam, 54miles; cable, 5 miles and electric (overhead trolley), 35^miles. The lines were first equipped with steam power in 1^79,and at that time cable or electric traction was practicallyunknown. Since then, however, lines have been built to beoperated by cable and electricity, and the Commissioners areso satisfied with the merits of the overhead electric wiresystem that it has been decided to build an important linethrough the principal streets of the city and to work such lineby electricity. It has also been decided that the existing citylines which are worked by steam power are to be alteredand made suitable for the overhead-wire electric system. Theexisting cable lines will be continued.
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to the public interests than a performance of the entirework at one time. This would have completely stoppedtravel for a short while. The opinion of the court decidespositively that the railway company had no greater rightsagainst interruption in course of highway improvementsthan any other person, private or corporate, using theroad. It is clear that the city had authority to grade and improvethis street. In doing this it had the right to adopt such amethod of allotting and carrying out the work as to it seemedbest. Por the damage resulting to the public, because ofthe necessary interruption to travel during the progress ofthe work under the plans adopted, It is not answerableto one of the public, unless the complainant shows adamage different in kind and peculiar to himself. Thedamage here shown by plaintiff, though probably differentin degree than that sustained by any other persons, wasof the same kind as suffered by the general public usingthe street. A THIRD RAIL SYSTEM. The acc

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