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 Vol. XIV. No. 347. 



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CINCINNATI INCLINED-PLANE RAILWAY. 

 In the accompanying engraving we give a view of one of the 

 Sprague electric cars on the Cincinnati Inclined-Plane Street-Rail- 

 way. This railway runs from the centre of Cincinnati to the foot 

 of an incline, where the cars are hoisted on elevators to the top of 

 the bluff which surrounds Cincinnati, and there run by means of 

 electricity through the suburbs to the Zoological Gardens. This 

 is the first electric incline installed in Cincinnati, and shows how 

 successfully the street-railway problem in that city has been solved, 

 and how a substitute for cable-roads has been gained. The view 



three span wires are used, although the street is two hundred feet 

 wide. This could only be possible with the light silicon-bronze 

 trolley wire of the Sprague system, by means of which only a small 

 portion of current is required to be carried from the centre of the 

 street, while the greater portion is carried on main conducting- 

 wires on the side of the street. 



The equipment of this road includes twenty cars, all equipped 

 with the Sprague improved electric -railway motor, and all the 

 latest improvements adopted by the Sprague Company upon their 

 most recent roads. It may be called one of the finest electric rail- 



CINCINNATI INCLINED-PLANE RAILWAY. 



given shows the car rounding the corner of Fifth and Walnut Streets ; 

 the post-office being on the right, and Fountain Square on the left. 



The style of poles used is shown by a single iron pole on the 

 corner, and is a sample of the kind of poles used throughout the 

 line. These iron poles are only four inches at the top, and are 

 very much lighter and neater-looking than the ordinary electric- 

 railway.pole. In the residential district the streets are bordered 

 with trees, so that the poles are completely covered, and by the 

 casual observer cannot be seen. 



On Fifth Street, just to the right of the poles shown in the en- 

 graving, there is a stretch of five hundred and fifty feet where only 



ways in the country. The equipment is- first-class throughout. 

 The track is laid entirely of steel rails, and iron poles are used 

 throughout the entire electric line. The employees of the road are 

 all dressed in uniform ; the men in charge of the motor having a 

 band around their hats with the word " motorneer " inscribed, 

 while the conductors are designated in an appropriate manner. 



The president of this road is Mr. H. H. Littel, who is widely 

 known in street-railway circles as one of the most successful street- 

 railway managers in central United States. The general manager 

 of the road is Mr. H. M. Littel, to whom the success of the road is 

 in a great measure due. 



