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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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agement adopted the best track and overhead construc-tion, using creosoted ties and span poles 60 ft., 60-lb. rails withAmerican continuous joints, and 00 trolley wire with doublegalvanized span wire. On Feb. 3 of this year, after havingcompleted three lines with a total trackage of 8 miles, thecompany began operating five Brill full convertible cars, two ceiling, 8 ft. 4^ ins.; height from the track to the platformstep, 1 ft. 27-16 ins.; the side sills measure 2>Y& ms- x 5 ins.;the end sills, 3^ ins. x ins.; sill plates inside, 3^-in. x6-in. x -Hs-in. angle-iron; length of the seats, 35 ins.; widthof the aisle, 24 ins. The car bodies are mounted on the No.21-E single trucks with a wheel base of 7 ft. In speaking of its new semi-convertible cars, the LakeCharles Railway Company states that it has had ampleopportunity to test the extra large carrying capacity of thistype of car, having carried as many as 143 passengers on onecar at a time. Such a load would be impossible with an
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A VIEW ON RYAN STREET, THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS AVENUE OF LAKE CHARLES, LA. on the Goosport line, the patrons of which are mostly con-nected with the large lumber mills and manufacturing in-terests which border this line; one on the Hodges Street line,which passes through the residential portion of the city, andtwo on the Shell Beach line with a terminus at Shell Beach,where is located a fine pier, the destination of a great many ofthe passengers who patronize the Shell Beach line. On thepier every form of amusement is provided, and the waters ofthe lake afford excellent bathing, boating and fishing. Astage is now being constructed in connection with the danc-ing hall on the pier, and it is the purpose of the managementto provide theatricals during the winter months, and it isexpected that this new enterprise will stimulate winter travelin a marked degree. The company recently added to its rolling stock threeBrill type grooveless-post semi-convertible cars built by theAmerican Car Compa

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