Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-03-31
Will LAY TRACK
ON new BRIDGE

The Danville and Sunbury Street
Railway Company has been granted
the right of way over the river bridge.
and it has been decided to lay the
track on the new structure ooinoident
with the putting down of the flooring,
which work will in all probability be-
gin during the present week.
The grant and permission to con.
struct and operate its electric railroad
on the Danville and South Danville
river bridge as we'll as all the oondi-
tions. stipulations and restrictions in.
volved therein have been formally ac-
oepted by the Danville and Sunbury
Electric Railway Company and the
papers are now on record at the Court
House.
1t was learned from representatives
OF the company yesterday that rails
and all other material needed have
been ordered and are expected to ar
rive at DanviIle not later than We'd
nesday,s so as to be on hand when work
on the substructure of the floor be-
gins. In lieu of the ordinary wooden
cross ties, steel ties along with steel
plates will be used ON the bridge; as
against the sixty pound steel rails u.s.
led on the street eighty pound rails
will be used on the bridge, the whole
being adopted as a measure to insure
greater durability SO that in the natural
course of events the floor will not have
to be torn up for many, many years to
come. The steel ties and plates will
be wholly buried under tho cement
forming the substruoture, the top of
the rails being laid flush with the
pavement. There will be but one track
which will be laid along one side OF
the bridge. Messrs. Caldwell, Barry &
Leonard. who will put down the floor
ing. in the bridge have also the con-
tract for laying the track of the Dan
vile and Sunbury Street Railway
Company.
The Chief Engineer and the head
contractor of the Dsnville and Sun
bury Street Railway are expected to
be in Danville today. The contract is
closed for all the rails needed between
the Hospital for the Insane and Sun.
bury. The Company is at present re-
ceiving bids for ties and poles and is
now getting things in shape for be.
ginning work on the construction Of
the line. The first section of the road
attacked will be that between the
Hospital and the bridge. where work
will begin in very short time.
The equipment for the road will EN-
brace all that is new and modern in
cars. There will be eight of these,
large double truck cars, a fair proper
tion of which will be open or observa-
tion cars. Some of the closed cars will
be double in form with provision for
baggage. while others will contain com
psrtments for smokers. large glass
surface forming the PARTITION.
The power house will contain two
engines of 480 horse power each two
generators of 800 K. w. each, with
four boilers of $50 horse power each.
The equipment throughout, pump,
heater and all other appliances will be
first class aud thoroughly modern.
Every effort will be made to have
the section Of the line embracing Dan
Vile, South Danville and Riverside
in active operation by or near the
Fourth of July. Pending the compile
tion of the power house. power for op.
Grating this end of the line may be OBJ
tanned from the Standard Electric
Light Company, whose plant is con-
veniently situated in Danville right
on the line of the Street Railway.