A KODIL STREET RAILWAY,
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j.,r!i"n of th- city and furnishes rapid transit LrtJ
citii'-f.i "f that (harming ret idence Buburb, lH
It rrM-n the Spokane river on TX-nnig A nrj,W(
,Mti.-fi, which in one of the finest made to Pj,
Kallt It iit rpricing owners have graded theitrtr
built id-alkii, planted hade trees and provi-U pr
irhu lt th'-tn. and laid out a beautiful park onti
riv-r, a jrlirnpN' of which is ehown in one of the
tratiniP given herewith. The legation is natur!!ri
one, and the tasteful and iniortant in!ru
tui ntt made by the owners greatly enhance iti rU
Tlf entire length of the line lies through gi!t-r!
pr jrty, and what was oxn prairie when the r
wan built in I" ing occupied by neat and coxy cottar
atid rtatelv tnarifiotirt.
In constructing the line the road U-d wu
brought to a jx rf-ct grade. Then standard gauge til
way ties were U:J tt
feet apart from v&
ters, ujwn which tLIf-ty-ound
T raili
firmly spiked Ot
cither idc of the n.'!i
two-inch platiki m
fastened in cocU1
with the iron. Ha
the track is an ptrfrt
as it is poit!e l
make it. Thearme
grade of the roaJ i
less than one perctct,
but in one place it it
four and one half i
cent, for a dirtanctof
3.7) f.-et. There ii 1
double track the en
tire length of the lit
The bridge acn tV
l-ianr river j f(Tt lunK) ftn,l wjjl ,tIf-;..rt 1
?rt fight.
Tl.- vfit. r jM.le system of supplying the flJ.rk
deWiniiwd uon by Tn-fidcnt iNnnis af
1 ffhing r lamination as to its merit. Witbti
Mf.pti..n of ono short line in Washington, D. C,l
"f '1-4rc. only practicable in cities having t'V
m in S,.,kanf. jt j, mofe exjn-ivr thaa
; but U,? wirt s) are hell more firmly 1
:' t rl' fi-itleci,mpUte lighting of thefvl
1(1 niht It J, twl with (hf unightl
thr fl.,j,r. strw t-side j-,Ics. Thew trntt j-'"
t-n th, U twk( ((f lhp fUf)tJ Uf Iltrt
I"1 ' ' ,Uh tfwl tnd are painted an oiirr
" 0 II' '!vtric cables are uj'jurU-d by w'
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