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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

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Text Appearing Before Image: ugh, along the line, andmany a man has stopped his car in the middle of theblock just because of a pleasant smile. The gripman, beit said to his credit, hasent any time to flirt. He leavesthat for the rear platform but, nevertheless, good friendsof the gentler sex are made by courtesies that cost nothingand that are neither impudent nor imprudent. School girls giggling, prim and otherwise, soonlearn to know the gripman, and as for dogs, horsesand signs along the streets we know them very shortly.Especially the dogs, which have an insane idea that theycan run under a moving car and not loose some jointsof their graceful tail or their wildly-flapping ears. Butif you fellows want to hear a dog story just wait for mynext trip. A NEAT FREIGHT CAR. WE here illustrate a freight car used by theLynn & Boston Railroad for carrying sup-plies from one part of the system to another.It is very much like a steam road freight car except thatit has an 18 inch platform for the motorman to stand on.

Text Appearing After Image: ELECTRIC FREIGHT CAR. The dimensions are, heighth 6 feet, width 6 feet andlength 20 feet. It will carry from 8 to 10 tons with easeand dispatch. It is used during the daytime and is ofcourse, available on any of the 125 miles of electricallyequipped road operated by this company. All generaltrack and station supplies, excepting rails, are carried. 368 (^ofcicct J\aiWa|y J^ylcW* STREET RAILWAY LAW. EDITED BY MR. FRANK HUMBOLDT CLARK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHICACO. or induce a municipality to make a franchise practically Cit\ Granting Exclusive Franchise to Street Rail-way. Legislative authority conferred upon a municipality to permit, allow andregulate the laving of tracks for streetcars, does not give power togrant for a term of jears the exclusive right to occupy the street withstreet railroads The legislature has, as the general representative ofthe public, plenary power over the streets and highwayswithin the limits of the municipality, and has, unlessspecially restricted by the constit

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