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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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ty-six feet over platforms, six feet two incheswide at the sill, and seven feet six inches wide at the belt rail. Thebody of the car is painted a dark, rich wine color, and the .stripingand lettering is in gold and silver. The hand rails at the ends of thecar are of burni.shed brass, as are also the brake handles, bells anddoor fixtures. Extension gates are affixed to each platform. Theinterior finish is of mahogany, the seats are upholstered in crimsonplush, and the head lining is beautifully decorated, the advertis-ing display being, of cour.se, in the appropriate mouldings for thispurpose. The truck is Brill No. 21 E. The electrical equipment complete was furnished by the WalkerCompany, which also put up the trolley wire. When the caris jacked up at one end the working of one motor on the forwardwheels of the truck can be seen. The rails are of the seven inchBroadway groove type, and were furnished by the Johnson Company,of Lorain, O. They rest on steel ties. The overhead equipment
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VIEW OF CAR FOR SHOWING METHOD OF CAR ADVERTISING, POSTAL TELEGRAPH BUILDING, NEW YORK. This was done in the City of Boston early in the Eighties. His suc-cess in Boston was immediate and he branched out in Chicago,Providence, Cincinnati, and a few small places around Bcston. In1889, he controlled eleven cities and towns. He then associatedwith him in business George Kissam, who had made a great successin the sign advertising business. The rise of the concern was veryrapid, and city after cit) and town after town were added until thefirm had over sixty principal cities under its control. Numerousrivals sprang up of more or less importance and abilit)^ but withone or two unimportant exceptions the concern did not lose any ofits holdings or franchises. The rivalry however created a demandfor advertising privileges on railroads that forced the price for theseprivileges to figures that were abnormally high. Numerous con-cerns went to the wall and many of the railroads were mulctedheavily

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