Identifier: electricrailway341909newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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10 years. Vancouver, the largestcity in the Canadian Northwest, is the commercialcenter of British Columbia. Since the first trainover the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in Vancouverin May, 1887, the population of that city has increasedfrom 3,000 to 100,000, and its neighbor. New West-minster, has grown to be a city of 12,000 population.Vancouver has excellent water, rail and street transporta-tion facilities. The British Columbia Electric Railwayoperates 24 miles of track within the city and has a total of97 miles of track, centering in Vancouver. At the presenttime this road is being largely extended and many substantialimprovements are under way. The British Columbia Electric Railway now operates high-speed interurban lines to New Westminster on the FraserRiver, 12 miles, to Steveston at the mouth of the FraserRiver, about 20 miles, and a connecting service over theelectrified Canadian Pacific Railway tracks between Eburne,the midpoint on the latter line, and New Westminster. By
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Chilli wnck 0 12 British Columbia Electric Railway—Map of District Served means of these lines it is possible to give direct service fromVancouver to Steveston and New Westminster and from NewWestminster to Eburne, Steveston and Vancouver. TheBritish Columbia Electric Railway has the railway, lightand power franchises in all of these and other suburban cities.It is also giving similar service in North Vancouver, a city of3,000 population, and owns and operates the 20-mile streetand suburban system in the city of Victoria with 20,000population on Vancouver Island. The company has underway a number of extensive projects which will includethe construction of 12 miles of suburban trolley and the in->tallation of lighting and power service wires through thedistrict, which will be reached by the new lines. The oldinterurban line between Vancouver and New Westminster hasbeen reconstructed within the past year and double trackingfor half of its length completed. The proposed plans for ex

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