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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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t is stated that steel bridgeswill replace all wooden structures. The incorporators of the new company are: Gen. Francis V.Greene and Avery D. Andrews, of New York; Herbert P. Bissell,J. Henry Metcalf, Joseph T. Jones, William C. Cornwell, ClarenceM. Bushnell, Edward W. Eames, John A. Kennedy, George A.kicker, Arthur C. CofTey, Herbert H. Hewitt, George C. Riley,George V. Turner and Bert L. Jones, of Buffalo. The board of di-rectors includes all of the incorporators mentioned exceptingMessrs. Kennedy, Ricker, Coffey and Riley. The officers of thecompany are: President, Gen. Francis V. Greene; vice-president,Herbert P. Bissell; secretary, Herbert H. Hewitt; treasurer, BertL. Jones; general manager, Godfrey Morgan; chief engineer,George A. Ricker. Governor Roosevelt has signed the bill which will allow thecommissioners of the New York state reservation at Niagara toconstruct, without expense to the state, street railroad tracksupon and along that part of the Riverway, so called, between
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WRECK OF CINCINNATI, NEWPORT i COVINGTON CAR SHED. FIRE IN NEW JERSEY. On May 24, 1899, about 3 a. m. the car house of the AtlanticHighlands, Red Bank & Long Branch Electric Railway Co., atShrewsbury, N. J., and almost all the rolling stock were destroyedby fire. The origin of the fire is still in doubt, but the evidencethus far seems to stamp it as the work of an incendiary. Thecar house was large encugh to hold 20 cars, and included workshops and a large supply of stores. It was built of brick, with aniron roof. Today only the two side walls are standing. Therewere 16 cars in the shed at the time, and these were totally de-stroyed. The loss is estimated to be about $35,000, and is fullycovered by insurance. Falls and Niagara Sts., Niagara Falls. The commissioners in theiidiscretion may grant revocable licenses to street surface railroadcompanies to use such tracks upon such terms as the commis-sioners may prescribe. The Riverway is the street running alongProspect Park, and the

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