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Eighteen inches
space between the pails and
beyond on Each side, as also whatever portion
may
the intermediate
Space
double:
be left unpaved of
between the tramways in the case of lines . If mechanical motors are used, a hea=
:vier pallern of rail should be adopted in con
bequence of the greater weight of the sugines,
and
y
bock mechanical and house power
be contemplated at the discretion of the Com
pany,
both the heavier rail with a superior
substructure and the paving will have to be
provided.
Fram
10. In Europe the main grievance of way opponents has been that the grooved rails
injure private vehicles by interlocking the wheels and giving them levere wrenches. To meet this objection tramway builders have de
voted much attention to the best sectionals
form of grooved rail, and it must be con =-
fessed they have now so minimized the wiil
hace
as. to almost practically removed it. In Hong Rong this question sinks almost to a secondary
importance in the Comparative absence of car =
riage traffic, but of late there has sprung up in the level roads of the lower town a
Ja=
- panese form of public conveyance, plying
Almost at every street corner, called the jinnickishor
"-rickshaw . The jinrickshaw is a
e jin= large two
wheeled perambulator which has become
and the Ease with which coolies are able to
very
popular both with Europeans and the better class of natives, from its scheme lightness
to pun it along at the rate of right miles an hour. I do not apprehend the tramways will ex- The Competition of
these
Conveyanced
Extinguish
as there
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