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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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district; but the ChicagoCity Railway Co., with no uncertain faithin its cables, have boldly invaded these fairbut vacant prairies, and already have causedto spring into existence buildings andhomes on every side, and the closing monthsof the present year will witness the open-ing of the line to travel, and mark also thetransformation scene that is convertingpleasant meadows into a oity of comfort-able, modern and sightly homes. The fact that the company are using pre-cisely the same construction, with a fewslight improvements, as that on their pres-ent cable lines, shows that the experienceof the management has satisfied them thatit is the best. The line will be paved Jcnb, 1887. THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 495 MAP OF SOUTH DIVISION OF CHICAGO, ILL SHOWING THE SYSTEM HORSE AND CABLE LINES I Office of Stref.t Ky. Journal,Lakeside Building. —0X3*-- UUQDDDDOnnODDQDDDDOIMDDDO•alOODOiWllOOynjJDOdraDODDtaDDDDODD Q7TH □□□aDDDonnnnL □□□n n n d d □□□ □ d d d dM dESBI*
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. r.n^r a Chicago^ 496 THE STBEET KAILWAY JOURNAL. Junb 1881* throughout the entire nine miles with gran-ite, and will cost $1,000,000. The power station now building is locat-ed at the corner of Cottage Grove avenueand Fifty-fifth street, where the line toJackson Park intersects. The companywill sell commutation tickets of 20 ridesfor a dollar, good for the entire nine milesride. One of the most appreciated advantagesafforded by the company, is its system oftransfers, by means of which a passengercan go from almost any point in the SouthDivision of the city to any other point, onthe payment of one fare. The old style oftransfer ticket good for use any time dur-ing an entire day, is open to great abuse andfraud. The limited ticket, or slip, as it iscalled, must be used within 60 minutesfrom the hour punched in margin, andalso must be presented at the point of con-nection with the line on which the pas-senger received it. In January, 188G, when the slip was putin use, only 12,000 a day

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