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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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ck can be laid, and then they will be operated by electricity. It will be seen at a glance that thereceipts from the various street carlines operated in this section must belargely in excess, per capita, of thereceipts usually reported from streetcar systems in other cities of this size.These people are all in a hurry, andcant wait to walk. It takes prettj-quick transit to suit the people whohave built up, within ten years, acity of such magnificent proportions.Where, in this time, have arisen sixnational and seven private banks, aCounty Court House, costing over $300,000; churchesof every denomination, the largest costing over $150,000;United States Court building, costing over $300,000;four public schools, each costing over $100,000; besidesmany other public and private buildings. As REGARDS Street railway facilities, a city that wouldinsist in adopting the turtle as a speed emblem shouldntbe surprised if like the turtle at times it found itself, in acivic sense, always in the soup.
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RESIDENCE OF MAYOR LANE. MosEs Hull tells of a spirit who pleaded with amedium for a chew of tobacco. The fact that in the spiritworld the floors of the street cars will be immaculate,unless a wandering spirit can strike a medium for a chew,takes away a part of the horror of death. SHAKING THE BOXES. BUFFALO. ON the Three Cities Railway at Davenport,MoHiieand Rock Island they liave fare boxes in wiiichthe nimble nickels are caj^ed by means of tobog-gan slides which keep the nickels from reappearingexcept by the door appointed. However, the enterpris-ing conductor has found out that the coin can be coaxedfrom its retreat by a judicious process of shaking, such aswe used to practice on the little savings banks of ourchildhood. After the company had noticed a falling off of $5 to $6per day, detective work was begun and Henry Koeblerwas caught in the act. Hangue was immediately jailedand will probably reside in states prison in the future. Tl IK Cross-Town Street Railway Company bid inall

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