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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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ham and their nautical ex-periences. The sea, with green and blue waves tossedmountain high, was there, and in the midst, emphasized bya corona of light that came from fifty lamps, was a bowlthat carried the three immortal men. Another float represented a dragon, with its writhingfolds fitted in every joint with clusters of white lights. Probably the most in-teresting of all the floatswas the one that broughtup the rear. It was sym-bolical, and representedthe ideal Prince Carnivaland his court. All raceswere represented in themotley group, not onlyCaucasian, Indian andMalay, but Negro, Chi-NATED CARS nese and Zulu as well. The Chinese representa-tive was particularly admired by the crowds as the floatpassed, and he was pointed out derisively as a Boxer. The contract price for the making of the floats was$5,700, and the wiring, power and cars cost $1,800 more,making $7,500 in all. One of the interesting features in the funny paradeon Corso Day was the exhibit of the street railway com-
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DAY EXHIBIT OF THE MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND LIGHT COMPANY tic show of the unholy world, the head of Hades and hissatellites having prominent positions on the car. The largest figure in the parade, and the one that causedquite a sensation after the battleship Wisconsin, was thewhale, with one supposed to represent the prophet Jonahsitting in his wide-open jaws. This float was on a 50-ft.flat car, and was decorated with 900 lights, giving it such aglowing appearance that one could almost imagine thatthe sides were transparent and that by some hocus-pocusthe figure in the jaws would pass down the throat and beseen after he had reached the bottom. A view of this isgiven. pany, which consisted of four cars, viz.: The first was anold car of the bus type, which was used on the Cream Citylines in 1870. It bore a sign reading, 1870, fare 6 cents.The second was an old box-car, which had been used onthe McGeogh lines in 1880. It bore a sign reading, 1880,fare 5 cents. The third was an old

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