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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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izes are awarded to conductorsfor getting all fares promptly; keeping neat and accuratetrip reports; politeness to passengers; personal neatness;helping motormen to gather up as many passengers aspossible; helping motormen to keep car on schedule time,and general observance of companys rules. The resultsof only a few months trial have stimulated the men to amuch improved discipline, and the improvement is notedand appreciated by the public. SMITH, OF NEW YORK. IT is verj much to be suspected that the author ofMr. Barnes of New York, lifted the very tak-ing title of a very taking book from an advertise-ment that has become a household word to so manymanagers throughout the country and which has appearedin every number of the Street Railway Review,namely. Smith of New York. Coeval with the pioneer Stephenson, Willard H. Smith,of New York, began the manufacture of street railwayspecialties on the site occupied at present by Lord & Tay-lors Grand-street store. This was in 1842. People
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CHARLES G. S.MITH. traveled in primitive manner then and were lighted in aprimitive way by primitive lamps made by the pioneer,Willard H. Smith. They thought it was all very fine,and so it was for the times, but what a change from styleNo. I, if there was such, to style No. 50! From a whaleoil beacon to a grand combination electric and keroseneilluminant! The cars then, have been illustrated by thismagazine and the only regret is that we cannot show alsothe evolution of car lighting. Mr. Smith of New York, was an honest, upright manand fruits of honesty and uprightness came to maturitywith the extension of street railways until where ever onthis round globe street cars are known, Smith of NewYork is known also. 248 ^tied/l^yailM^j\eyiev/ From Grand street, New York, Mr. Smith moved hisfactory to 42 and 44 Fulton street, Brooklyn, the olderquarters becoming too small for a rapidly increasingtrade. The factory was first established in 1S42, but in1869 a second call for more space made M

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