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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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to be a famous resort for snow shoeclubs, as many as 15 clubs having been entertained in 5nichts. The favorite drink of the En<£lish was hotScotch, while the French invariably called for whiskyblanc or Etofe du pays to wash down cold beef and hamsandwiches. On the slope of the mountain near theCote de Neiges cemetery Mr. Corriveau owns 130 acres,which will be made into a park. The Back river line, which runs by the Lacrossegrounds, has the picnic grounds owned by the companj.At the terminus the river widens out and makes a fineskating pond, which is kept clear by the company.There is a car shed at this point large enough to holdtwo cars. It is supplied with a pit as the last car at nightremains until early morning. It is here that the com-pany expects to get the larger part of its ice-haulingbusiness. On this line is the beautiful convent at Sault-au-Recollet, a magnificent property owned by the nunsof the Order of the Sacred Heart. The Outremont line and the Sault-au-Recollet, or
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CONtjUERING SNOW WITJI A HOMEMADE PLOW. 606 ^ticct5^ml*viiy-5^eyl£W Back river line are each about six miles in length, a por-tion being double track. The rails are 56-pound T, 4J^inch Canadian Pacific section, laid on ties and ballastedwith rock which was secured from quarries along theline. The tracks are elevated above the road on accountof snow. Much of the distance the track islaid along one side of the toll road, but con-siderable of the right of way is on privateproperty, donated for that purpose. On aportion of the line snow fences are erectedin winter. In spite of heavy snow fall itwas possible to keep the tracks clearby mtans of a homemade snow plow. The overhead work shows excellentworkmanship, most of the materialbeing West End designs maufact-ured in Canada. The companyhas 18 motor cars and 12 trail

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