The street railway review (1891) (14574630929)

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Identifier: streetrailwayrev01amer (find matches)
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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is nofront door, and a small platform for the driver. Thecar is handsomely and appropriately finished with cherryinside, and black and gold outside, and is altogether ahandsome pieceof workmanship,and the subjectof frequent com-pliment. As willbe seen, it hasmuch the appear-ance of a hearse.The charges arefrom $8 to $10,according to thelength of trip andtime consumed,and $3 to $5 foreach additional passenger car.This is very muchless than the costwould be forhearse and car-riages. The service has given entire satisfaction and hasabundantly demonstrated its sphere of usefulness. With a view to ascertaining how the plan commendsitself to the leading undertakers in the larger cities inthe country, inquiries were sent out, and a large numberof extremely interesting replies received, which willappear next month in connection with a further descrip-tion of other funeral car methods here and in the citj-of Mexico, where the service has been in exclusive usefor many years. (To be contiuHcd.)
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THE ATCHISON FUNERAL CAR. The mayor of Denver recently refused to sign an ordi-nance for the Metropolitan Road until its officers had firstagreed in writing that the line would never be used forother purposes than transportation of passengers. Oneof these days he will wish he had been more liberal, whenthe citizens begin to clamor for street mail, express andfuneral cars, and other coming necessities. LA SALLE ELECTRIC LINE. The; eventful history of rapid transit at La Salle,Illinois, is at present under the quieting influenceof a strong, new management. Nations, individ-uals and street railways are happiest with no romances,and a final adjustment is always a relief. The finalreform in street car matters at La Salle has resulted in animportant transfer of railway interests, and brings underone management the properties of the La Salle CityElectric Railway Company as the City Electric RailwayCompany. Heretofore the La Salle and Peru Horseand Dummy Railway has labored under disadvantage

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