Identifier: streetrailwayjo111895newy (find matches)
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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TROLLEY ON METROPOLITAN WEST SIDE ELEVATED RAILWAY—CHICAGO. fe,STloui5:;,- The eleven street railwaycompanies of St. Louisare still in independentoperation, although therehas been much talk about general consolidation in the in-terests of economy. The electrical equipment of the lineshas been practically completed, and St. Louis presents apossible now to ride some seventeen to eighteen miles for wide variety of practice in the matter of power station work. a single five cent fare—perhaps the cheapest transporta-tion in the world. The great strike in January completely upset street railway balances in Brooklyn. Until that time the surface railroad receipts were steadily increasing, while the elevated railroads were as steadily losing ground. Er6q<l^
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THIRD RAIL CONSTRUCTION, METROPOLITAN WEST SIDEELEVATED RAILWAY—CHICAGO, The strike reversed the conditions, and in addition to the heavy losses from stoppage of cars during the strike, certain of the surface roads became unpopular, were boycotted to some extent for months after the strike, and to crown all their misfortunes the city fathers passed a resolution compelling them to reduce speed to almost that of the condition of its overhead and underground mains can be old horse car regime. In March, 1S95, a receiver was known at all times. roadbed construction and rolling stock, particularly thelatter. There have been few important developmentsduring the year except in the reconstruction of the roadbedof some of the National Railway Companys lines, wheresixty-foot rails have been used, and except also the useof cast welded rail joints of the Falk Companj^, whichare said to be giving excellent satisfaction.^ . . When Boston sets about a thing she accomplishessomethirig, as a rule,wit

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