The street railway review (1891) (14781189683)

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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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ustrated in the Review and likeit designed by the Johnson Company of Johnstown, andsold by the Atlanta agent, Mr. Kingston. The Decatur line of the Consolidated which is nowequipped with electricity, was formerly a dummy line.It runs to Decatur, a village of 6,000, six miles fromAtlanta. Decatur was intended to be the center of thefuture great city, but Providence and the real estate menordered it otherwise. On this line are several smallstations, at which cars stop to allow passengers to landand mount the cars with convenience. The run toDecatur is a beautiful one and no visitor will omit it. There are on the lines of this system a number ofpleasure resorts, which add greatly to the receipts of thecompany. They are mentioned more particularly in thechapter on Atlanta. Suffice it to say briefly that theBase Ball park, leased by the company, is reached byroutes 2 and 4 (see table); Ponce De Leon Springs byroutes 2, 12 and 7; Grant Park b^ 8 and 10; Piedmont (^txed.i?^ailM^9^A/i£W^ 543
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IONCE DE LEON SPRING.EAST LAKE. SCENE IN LITTLE SWITZEKLAMJ. Exposition by 2 and lo; Decatur by 6, and Inman Parkby the Inman Park cars of the Consolidated. The rolling stock of the system consists of forty-fivecars all told. Lewis & Fowler and Stephenson dividehonors with the Brill Company and the Pullman peoplein their manufacture, and last but not least ten are of thebrand of the Atlanta Consolidated. Bemis trucks areused almost exclusively, but a recent order of Grahamswell known specialty is enroute. The Lewis & Fowlerregister is exclusively used,and Mr. Hurt considers itthe only register for his lines. The motor equipment con-sists of eighty-two Thomson-Houston S. R. G., 15-horse-power, two to each car; fourWestinghouse 30s; two G.E. 800s. The overheadmaterial is of the Thomson-Houston type. All but fivemiles of line will be found ofside pole pattern, with thefive miles mentioned equip-ped with single side arm con-struction. Four car barns are usedfor storage; one on the