File:The street railway review (1891) (14761210422).jpg

Identifier: streetrailwayrev06amer (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

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
presidential campaign, and wasin every way a success, serving as a novel feature in manyparades and making all its trips without a breakdown or acci-dent of anv kind. At one time it carried one hundred and four The New Orleans Traction Company and the citizens ofthat city are to be heartily congratulated on the prize thevsecured in C Densmore Wyman, who has accepted the posi-tion of general manager. No man in the fraternity is morerespected or popular than he, while to his genial personalityhe adds a long experience and that close application to thestudy of details which is the secret of his success. Mr. Wynian is a native of Racine, Wis., where he wasborn in 1850, being educated at the old Chicago University,the Rochester University and the Albany Law School.For many years he was general manager of the Central Park,North & East River lines in New York, and took a similarposition at Milwaukee about three years ago. His splendidwork in both is well known to street railwaj men. The
Text Appearing After Image:
TROLLEY MAN Ul- WAR men this being the entire crew of officers and men. The carwas designed to run slowly throucrh the street during a pro-cession with its crew marching in front, on both sides and inthe rear, while many of the officers would ritle ; then during along jump from town to town, officers and men would ridetogether. The boat, which is 37 feet long, was built on aconstruction car 26 feet long with 6-foot 6-iuch wheelbase, equipped with two 12-A, 30-horse-power Westinghousemotors. It was constructed of sheathing and timber, thewhole being covered with canvas painted and varnished.The hull was painted white, superstructure cream, iron workbronze, guns, and anchor chain black, sponsors, life boats andturrets white. It was lighted with twenty-five incandescentlamps. Red fire was used on many occasions in the smoke-stack which gave it a decideil martial appearance. Aftercelebrating the victory, special parties were given an oppor-tunity to enjoy the novelt) of a ride on the crui

Note About Images
Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.