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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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at a toy shop and tucked it in between his fur capand collar. The efficacy of this idea was recognized by hisfellow employes, who were likewise exposed, and theyadopted the same plan for protection. To those who wereon the streets at the time of the storm it was a fantasticsight to see the grotesque faces peering out from the frontplatforms of the cars. By a strange irony of fate the claim agent of one of theroads in Kansas City was badly injured by one of his owncompanys cars. At last accounts he was spending the fore-noon in presenting the merits of his case to himself andtrying to work on his own sympathies for a liberal allow-ance for these well nigh mortal injuries; and the afternoonin the endeavor to make himself believe he was out of townat the time the trouble occurred; meanwhile, being his ownattorney, he has to lie awake nights for fear he will settlewith the company on the quiet, and lose his fees for havinghandled the case and secured the settlement. ^tl£d%lHiCm%^ACW 195
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The International convention of the gas, electric light andstreet railway men, comprising the Texas Street RailwayAssociation, the Texas Gas & Electric Light Association,and delegates from Mexico, was held in Laredo, Texas,March 9-11, inclusive. There were a number of causeswhich combined to make it impossible for many of the streetrailways of the state to be represented, and the plan, orig-inally outlined, of having separate meetings of the two asso-ciations was abandoned, and the papers by street railwaymen were read before the joint sessions. The convention was called to order at g a. ni., Wednesday,March 9, and L. J. Christen, mayor of Laredo, delivered theaddress of welcome, as follows: Address of Welcome. The city of Laredo bids me greet the stranger within ourgate, not as a foreigner, but as a guest and friend, for whomnothing that we have is too good; and never was a behestmore gratefully obeyed. When I say welcome, I wouldwish you to understand it in that generous hospita

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