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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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d not insisted on the company paying moremoney than was stipulated in the contract for the closing of thatstreet. When the resolution to approve the franchise comes upbefore the aldermen a petition will be presented wherein it will beshown that over 90 per cent of the property owners are in favor ofthe Pennsylvania tunnel scheme, and facts will also be broughtforward to demonstrate that since the plan of the company hasbecome known the value of property in the district has increasedconsiderably. ♦♦♦ Car for the Distribution of the Chicago Tribune The Chicago Tribune recently put in operation, on the ChicagoCity Railway, a special car for the early morning delivery of itspapers. This car, which is shown in the accompanying engraving,was rebuilt by the Chicago City Railway Company from one ofits single truck box cars, the main change being the removal ofthe ordinary seats and cutting of doors in the sides, through whichlarge bundles of newspapers can be passed. This car leaves the
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TROLLEY CAR FOR NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION corner of Clark and Washington Streets at 3.45 a. m., and runsdown Clark Street and Wentworth Avenue as far as Englewood,about seven miles. At points along the line distributing wagonsmeet the car and relieve it of its load of newspapers. Therewould seem to be no good reason why a similar practice could notbe carried out in many other cities and in other parts of Chicago.This is the first move made by any of the Chicago street railwaylines towards carrying anything but passengers and the UnitedStates mail. Baltimore Company to Insure Employees Lives The United Railways & Electric Company, of Baltimore, hasarranged to insure the lives of the motormen and conductors inits employ. In the case of fatal accident while in the service ofthe company the sum of $1000 will be paid to the family of thevictim. This arrangement has been entered into with State InsuranceCommissioner Wilkinson, who is designated by a law passed bythe last Legislature to act

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