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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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datiousof their engineers. Such a policy is in the end a most costly one.and usually involves the ultimate reconstruction of the line beforeit can lie operated with satisfactory results. In the location and construction of the Indianapolis Northernthe managemeni did iini lose sight of the economies in operation l.ogausport via Nobles\i)k. Tiplon and Kokonio, and from Kokomoto Peru, and from KKvood to Tipton. July I. 10O2. the property of the company was leased to theUnion Traction Co. of Indiana for a term of 50 years, the lattercompany agreeing to guarantee the principal and interest of thebonds of the Indianapolis Northern. May 27, !Q0.?. the Indianapolis Northern company was mergedwith the Inion Traction Company of Indiana, and the capital stockof the consolidated company exchanged for the stock of tlie con-stituent companies. June 8, 190.?. tile Indiana Iliion Tractinn C. was incorporateilai\d June ,y>, igo,^, leased the entire property of llie Lnion TractionCompany of Indiana.
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TRESTLE ACROSS STRAWIaiARII FU.TKK HEI), .\EA(< .NOUI.KSVII.I.F.—2,8l0 n. I.ON(;. that could be secured by having good aligmncnt, light graded andwlid roadbed construction The engineers having reported upon the best route available, thiswas adhered to in building the road. While this policy involvedextraordinary expenditures for bridges, embankments, rights ofway across valuable farm lands, etc., and greatly increased thefirst cost, the result is shown in the few cars required for opera-tion, only seven cars Iwing needed to give an hourly service overthe 80 miles. The limit of the investment in permanent w.ay thatthat i» economical if it will dispense uilh one car in operating tomeet given requirements is placed at alMiut $200,000 Uy courtesy of the general manager of the company, Mr. A. L.Drum, wc are enabled to illustrate herewith the more importantof the construction standards, including earth sections, bridges,culverts, trestles, and overhead work, and also lo show completed

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