The street railway review (1891) (14760156832)

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Title: The street railway review

Year: 1891 (1890s)

Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association

Subjects: Street-railroads

Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co

Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ood and were dug up afterthe water subsided. And yet, if all the editor says betrue, it looks as if somebody was working along a narrowgauged policy that is liable to get a short circuit in thesein these lively days. The bold highwayman seems to be turning his atten-tion to holding up conductors of street railways in all partsof the country. Oakland, Cal., Chicago, Louisville, NewOrleans, Kansas City, have all been scenes of more orless bold attempts in some of which conductors and drivershave had narrow escapes with their lives. 43 EUROPEAN TRAM TRAIN. THE accompanying illustration is of a train of carsfor street railway use quite generally cniplojcd inluirope, and as shown is drawn by a steam dunmiy.The train shows the style of double deck car with pro-tected roof or canopy to keep the passengers on theupper deck from any discomfort from rain or sun. Aswill be noticed, the lower part of the car is divided intotwo compartments, one being for lirst, and one for secondclass passengers.

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The recent evolution in street car building in thiscountry whereb)- it is designed to do away with the endplatforms, and the entrance made at the side and middleof the car, will also be seen illustrated in this car, andwould seem to indicate that in this respect we are show-ing a tendency to follow after our foreign brethren.The train as illustrated, is after the style built formany years bj the Falcon Engine and Car Works,London. WOODMAN EDISON SPARES THE TROLLEYTREE. IN the last number of a neat little leaflet, the officialorgan of and published by the Edison Company, isfound an article on Mr. Edisons much discussed elec-trical innovation, which like a sharp scythe in tall grasswas to lay low every trolley in the land and sweep awaylike cobwebs the overhead wires, which still continue towear an abnormal size to some short sighted people. That the system which is and is to be, is more expen-sive than the overhead is indicated in the heading whichguides the reader to the statement bel

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1891

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