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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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FIG. 14—BULOW STRASSE STATION, EXTERIOR section to about 2575 lbs. per lineal foot of double-track struc-ture, out of a total weight of 4079 lbs. per foot, the steel work,including floor plates, weighing 1109 lbs. per foot. Motor carswithout passengers weigh about 20 tons, trail cars 15 tons.If a solid floor does shut some light off from the street given no trouble on Park Avenue, never having required re-moval even where through spans are used. The greater safetyand convenience of a ballasted floor are obvious, the safety ofemployees and workmen being specially looked after in Berlin,where the space between the ties is never left open, the timbers June 4, 1904.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 845 guarding the third rail are very heavy and strongly supported,footwalks are very safe, one incline between the tracks even
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FIG. 15.—INCLINE ON KLEIST STRASSE BETWEEN SUBWAY ANDELEVATED having vertical posts for men to take hold of when trains pass(Fig- IS)- Much of the prejudice against elevated roads is due, not tothe design of a structure, but to its dark or dirty appearance.A solid floor and white paint, perhaps, should be enough to positive ornament to the city. The new line had to build up itstraffic mostly, perhaps, by enticing passengers away from theelectric surface cars of a progressive and public spirited com-pany, already giving the public unusual facilities. So, for thisreason, if for no other, the Elevated & Underground Companymade its stations and cars unusually attractive and convenientfor the passengers.

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