Identifier: armourengineer02armo (find matches)
Title: Armour engineer
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Armour Institute of Technology
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Publisher: Chicago : Armour Institute of Technology
Contributing Library: Paul V. Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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. P.Railway is, however, not very convenient to the main business,shopping and theater center which lies within the UnionLoop made by the elevated railroads of the city. The Northwestern Elevated Railroad originally extendedfrom the Union Loop to Wilson Avenue, a distance of 6.5 miles,and its terminal was at Wilson Avenue Station on the line ofthe Chicago and Evanston Division of the C, M. & St. P. Rail-way, as shown on the accompanying map. Fig. (1). The North-western Elevated had long desired an extension to Evanstonand the growing suburbs north, and in August, 1907, it ob-tained a lease from the C, M. & St. P. Railway which allowedit to run its trains on the latter companys right of way fromWilson Avenue to Central Street, a distance of 7.2 miles. Thispart of the St. Paul line was modified for electric traffic, andon May 16, 1908, trains were run from the Union Loop to the Class 1906. Office Engineer, Bridge and Building Department, Chicago,Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway,
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Jan. 1910) GREIFENHAGEN : EVANSTON TRACK ELEVATION north end of Evanston, a distance of about 13.7 miles. TheSt. Paul tracks north of Central Street are used by the Chica-go & Milwaukee Electric Railroad, which parallels the North-western Elevated down to Church Street. It will be seen from the map, Fig. (1), that the right ofway of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway adjoins that ofthe Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway from a point nearthe southern boundary of Evanston to Davis Street, which isone block south of the limit of the track elevation. The veryheavy traffic on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Com-panys line and the frequency of the electric trains on the St.Paul Companys tracks made it difficult to prevent accidentsat the numerous street crossings. The unusual conditionbrought about by the proximity of the railways led the cityand the two railway companies to agree upon grade separa-tion. An ordinance was passed in March, 1907, by the generalterms of wh

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