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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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red of all dangerous walls, and as a result there willbe an improved service between Fillmore and Market streets.Cars on the Ellis and OFarrell Street lines will run through also had to be torn down in places, and braced in others.From now on the company expects to have plenty of powerto operate sufficient cars to meet street railway transportationneeds of the city. Under the temporary system of making the trolley wirescarry the current, the feed wires having been disconnected byorders of the lighting committee, the United Railroads isexperiencing considerable difficulty in meeting the heavydemand for power at points remote from the power statioils.This condition of affairs, however, will be remedied as fast asthe construction crews can restore the connections. The officials of the United Railroads are bending everyeffort toward placing the system on a practical operatingbasis, and already has 350 cars in operation. Out of a totalof 3000 men employed previous to the fire, 2200 men are
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VTKW REPRODUCED FROM PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN MAY 6, 1906, INDICATING RESTORATION OF ELECTRIC RAILWAY SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCOS FAMOUS FERRY BUILDING the burned district as far as Market Street, and on the Turkand Eddy Street line to the Ferry, by way of Market Street. A regular service has been established to San Mateo, thefirst car getting through to San Mateo on May 5th. Thetracks of this line were badly depressed at several placeswhere they crossed filled ground, and a large force of men hasbeen continuously engaged since the first day of the earth-quake in getting the roadbed into shape. The car that firstreached San Mateo, eighteen days after the earthquake, re-ceived a big ovation from the citizens of that popular suburb. The large North Beach power plant of the United Rail-roads, which suffered considerable damage fiom the earth-quake, has been repaired and was placed in operation on May6 for the first time since April 18. Steam and water pipeshad to be repaired and the heavy roof of

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