. The street railway review . lly engaged in his masters service, wouldhe clearly within the course and scope of the usual and ordinaryduties of such servant or employe. Apr. 20, 1903. STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 229 Fond du Lac^Oshkosh Interurban, The Fond du Lac & Oslikosh Electric Ry., which was opened forbusiness Jan. 38, 1903. operates from Si.xth and Main Sis. in Fondjdu Lac to High and Main Sts. in Oshkosh, a distance of 19.2 miles,these points being the business centers of the two cities. .t Osh-kosh the new line connects with the Winnebago Traction Cos. in-terurban hnes, running north to
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. The street railway review . lly engaged in his masters service, wouldhe clearly within the course and scope of the usual and ordinaryduties of such servant or employe. Apr. 20, 1903. STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 229 Fond du Lac^Oshkosh Interurban, The Fond du Lac & Oslikosh Electric Ry., which was opened forbusiness Jan. 38, 1903. operates from Si.xth and Main Sis. in Fondjdu Lac to High and Main Sts. in Oshkosh, a distance of 19.2 miles, these points being the business centers of the two cities. .t Osh-kosh the new line connects with the Winnebago Traction Cos. in-terurban hnes, running north to Ncenah. 14 miles, and west to Omro, is a beautiful and thriving city, having a population of a little over30, 000, supported by numerous manufacturing industries, and bytrade from the neighboring cities and villages, and from the sur-rounding country. It has many handsome buildings, both publicand private, and its principal streets are paved with asphalt andbrick. Oshkosh has a street railway systcnt of 22 miles, operating. TRESTLE .AND E.M1..N K.M KNTS ON THE EdND lUI L.C A- ilsHKOsn I.I.KCTRIC RY. I0|4 miles. The cars of the new line run through the city of Fonddu Lac and the village of North Fond du Lac, over the tracks of theFond du Lac Street Railway and Light Co. for a distance of about 4 jmiles, of which 2.3 miles is c.cr private right of way 50 ft. wide.The interurban section proper is 10.72 miles, connecting at ElectricPark with the system of the Winneuago Traction Co. and runningnorth into Oshkosh 3.75 miles. The line parallels the main line ofthe Chicago & Northwestern Ry. for 9 miles, and is built at anaverage distance of about 2 miles west from Lake Winnebago, whichis a beautiful sheet of water about 28 miles long and 10 miles wide.The west shore of this lake forms a part of the famous Fox RiverValley, so called from the Fox River, which enters the lake at Osh-kosh, and leaves it at Neenah-Menasha, flowing northeasterly 40miles to Green Bay, an estuary of LaKc Mic