. Elektrische Eisenbahn gazette . Befragt. Der Anwalt der Philadelphia Traction Company hat beim Generalstaatsanwalt in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, eine Petition eingereicht, um den Omnibus-Generalstaatsanwalt von Philadelphia dazu zu zwingen, mit welchem Recht er eine Linie von Omnibus-Bussen auf der Broad Street in dieser Stadt betreibt. 26 ELEKTRISCHE EISENBAHN GAZETTE. Vol. XIII Nr. 2. Elektrische Lokomotiven im Baltimore Belt Line Tunnel. Vor dem Bau des Baltimore Belt Linetunnel waren alle Züge auf dem Baltii Ore & Ohio, die zwischen Baltimore und dem Norden fuhren, gezwungen, dem adevious Kurs A zu folgen

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. Electric railway gazette . Questioned. Counsel for the Philadelphia Traction Company have fileda petition with the attorney general at Harrisburg, Pa., for a writ of quo warranto compelling the Omnibus Com-pany General, of Philadelphia, to show by what right itoperates a line of omnibuses on Broad Street in that city. 26 ELECTRIC RAILWAY GAZETTE. Vol. XIII. No. 2. Electric Locomotives in the Baltimore Belt Line Tunnel. Prior to the construction of the Baltimore Belt Linetunnel all trains on the Baltii ore & Ohio running betweenBaltimore and the north were compelled to follow adevious course and were transferred by ferry betweenLocust Point and Canton. The delay attendant upon theroute was so great that the railway company determined tobuild the tunnel to form a clear all-rail route through thecity. Work was begun in September, 1890, upon thetunnel and line, which now runs from Camden Station, inthe heart of Baltimore, north, and then east to Bay ViewJunction, a distance of 7.2 miles. The tunnel is one of the. MOTOR UNASSEMBLED. longest soft earth tunnels ever driven, and runs throughthe centre of the city, immediately under Howard Street, one of Baltimores principal thoroughfares. Its length is7, 339 feet, and the maximum dimensions, after lining, are 27 feet wide by 22 feet high. Its cost, ready for thetrack, is set down at $225 a lineal foot. It was decided to adopt electricity, and the GeneralElectric Company was given the contract for electric loco-motives of a capacity sufficient to move the heaviest trainsand for the power house equipment. The locomotives wereto operate from Henrietta Street, about 1, 800 feet in the open, to the portal of the tunnel at Camden Street, andthence to the farther end at Mt. Royal Avenue, and for4, 600 feet farther on in the open, or a total distance ofabout 14, 500 feet. The locomotives were to join the rearend of passenger trains going north, at Henrietta Street, and push both cars and locomotives through to the secondstation, from whi

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