2012.001

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Purchase

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Facsimile edition; 1st thus

Glenwood Publishers

1887 - 1967

Date: 1967 Copy No.: 1

Notes: CONTENTS. ............... page NOTICE AS TO INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT RIGHTS, . . . .5 THE CABLE RAILWAY SYSTEM,...........15 LIST OF RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE PATENTS BELONGING TO THE NATIONAL CABLE RAILWAY CO., AND PACIFIC CABLE RAILWAY CO., . . 16 ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM, . . . ..... 18 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM AS IN USE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.:— Clay Street Hill Railroad, ......... 18 Suttee Street Raileoad, ......... 31 California Street Cable Railroad, ........ 31 Geary Street, Park, and Ocean Railroad, ...... 31 Presidxo and" Ferries Railroad, . . . . . 31 • Market Street Cable Railway, ........ 32 Powell Steeet Railway, ......... 43 THE SYSTEM IN OTHER CITIES:— Chicago City Railway, ......... 43 Los Angeles Cable Roads, ......... 45 Oakland Cable Railway ......... 45 Kansas City and other cities in the United States, . . . . .45 Melbottene, Australia : Great Britain, Etc., ...... 40 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF UNITED STATES LETTERS PATENT BELONGING TO THE NATIONAL CABLE RAILWAY CO., AND PACIFIC CABLE RAILWAY CO., . . 57 TABULAR STATEMENT OF INFORMATION AS TO CABLE ROADS IN OPERATION, 71 TABLES OF THE COMPARATIVE VALUES OF LAND IN SAN FRANCISCO, SHOWING EFFECT OF CABLE RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION UPON REAL ESTATE, . . 72 ILLUSTRATIONS. ........................ page VIEWS ON THE LINES OF CABLE RAILWAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO:— Market Street Cable Railway—Teeminus at Ferry Landings, . . . Frontispiece Clay Street Hill Railroad, ........ 7 Suttee Street Raileoad, ......... 9 California Steeet Cable Raileoad, . . . . .11 Geary Street, Park and Ocean Railroad, . . . . 13 VIEWS OF MACHINERY, ROAD-BED, CARS, ETC., CLAY ST., GEARY ST., AND PRESIDIO RAILROADS, SAN FRANCISCO, Elevation of Engine house—Clay Street Hill Railroad, .... 19 Plan of Engine room, " " ..... 21 Cross-Section of tube, pulleys, etc., " .... 23 Perspective and Skeleton Views of Grip, " ... 24 Isometeical View of Road-bed—Geary Street Railroad, .... 25 View of Grip and Carrying Frame, " ..... 27 Section of Road-bed and Dummy—Presidio and Ferries Railroad, ... 29 VIEWS OF MACHINERY, ROAD-BED, CARS, ETC., MARKET ST. CABLE RAILWAY, SAN FRANCISCO :— Isometrical View of Foundation Piers, Road-bed and Car, . 33 Forward and Rear Trucks, ........ 34 View of Car, Trucks and Grip, ......... 35 Grip on Cars, . . ....... 37 View of Driving Machinery—Haves Street Branch Line, . .38 Elevation of Driving Machinery, Angle-Sheaves, etc., at Main Power Station, . 39 Plan of " " " 41 VIEWS ON THE LINES OF THE MARKET ST. CABLE RAILWAY, SAN FRANCISCO:— On Market Street at junction with Geary Street, . . . . . 47 On Market Street at junction with McAllister Street, . . . .49 On Market Street at junction with Hayes and Larkin Streets, ... 51 On Haight Street Leading to Golden Gate Park, ... .53 On Haight Street at Park Terminus ....... 55 PROFILES OF STREET GRADES, ....... . 67-69 VIEW OF CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY, . ..... 73 Grip on Cars of " ........ 44 MAP OF SAN FRANCISCO, SHOWING THE CABLE ROADS IN THAT CITY, . . 75 Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2012-08-15