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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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an-agement gives full credit. —»~*^ A movement is now on foot to organize a company for thebuilding of an electric railway at Rosario, a city of aboutT22,ooo inhabitants, in the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina. 38o STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXIV. No. n. COASTING THROUGH SWITZERLAND The application of the highest artistic and technical skilltoward the production of vast scenic panoramas is exemplifiedat its best in the remarkable entertainments offered to visitorsto Coney Island, New York. The public no longer cares forsimple amusements, and when visiting a pleasure ground de-mands something more than the merry-go-rounds and swingswhich were so popular in former days. Amusement purveyorshave not failed to recognize this trend, and while some haveendeavored to satisfy it by originating shows which woulddraw on account of their grotesque or nerve-racking features,others have chosen the wiser course of furnishing somethingrefined and pleasing. An entertainment of the latter kind is
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scenes, and thirty sleighs in use. A notable feature is the cool-ing apparatus, which diffuses iced air throughout the wholestructure. Deftly concealed pipes with openings in the varioussnowbanks emit the air from the cooling apparatus, while thesuction ventilators in the roof make a draft that keeps thisartificial Switzerland as cool and full of as sweet, pure airas can be found among the picturesque Swiss mountains. ♦♦♦ NEW CARS FOR TORREON, MEXICO Cars lately built by the American Car Company, of St. Louis,for the Tranvias de Torreon, Mexico, include the type shownin the accompanying illustration. Torreon is one of the prin-cipal cities in North Central Mexico and about 200 miles southof the United States. The cars are operated in and about thecity and to the Plaza de Gomez, a short distance to the north. This type of car is mounted on Brill No. 27-E trucks, with7-ft. 6-in. wheel base, and equipped with motors of 35-hp ca-pacity. The closed compartment is furnished with sprin

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