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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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f the motor, was admissible toto show that the engineer knew of plaintiffs position. Plaintiff may recover for the injury to which his BLAKISTONES COMBINATION CARFENDERS. George Blakistone, president of the Central RailwayCompany, of Baltimore, Md., has invented a fenderattachment for his cars, which has received the approvalof the Baltimore Car Fender Commission as complyingwith all requirements of the city ordinance. The prac-tical value of this fender has been demonstrated in ayears service on the cars of the Central Railway Com-pany, during which time many lives have been saved andnot a few damage suits avoided. The appearance of the front fender is well shown inthe illustrations given herewith. A netting of stout ropeis stretched upon an iron framework, which is hinged tothe car and held up by two chains hooked on the upperedge of the dashboard. The front edge of the fender isflexible. In addition to the front fender the car is pro-vided with two wheel guards. These guards can be
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BLAKISTONES FENDER-^CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY, UALTIMOKE, MD. negligence contributed, if defendant, knowing his posi-tion, could have averted it by using ordinary care. Where plaintiff was injured by having his feet caughtbetween the step of the car and an embankment, thefact that he might have saved himself by stepping onthe platform, does not show contributory negligence,when he had very Httle time in which to act. (Supreme Court of Colorado. Denver, etc.. RapidTransit Co. v. Dwyer, 36 Pacific Reporter 1106.) The receiver of the Orange Mountain Cable Company,Trenton, N. J., has filed his report, showing liabilities$767,734.69; assets $180,782.26. The daily loss duringOctober was $5.89. The receiver has asked the courtfor permission to issue bonds and operate the road. The City Electric Company, Decatur, 111., has a specialpoliceman to arrest boys who jump on and off cars.Recently while the motorman was inside collecting fares,boys locked the front door, and turned on the current, andj

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