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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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containingseveral mementoes of the great fair. The boulevard system of Chicago is a<linittedly the most exten-sive and finest of any of the large cities of the world. The princi-pal parks are connected by a continuous system or chain of boule-vards, and a drive of about 35 miles completes a visit to everyone of importance. Within the city, and under the direct controlof the several boards of park commissioners, are 43 different boule-vards, aggregating more than 66 miles in length. Of these the most important are Lake Shore Drive. SheridanRoad. Diversey Ave. and Ridge Ave. on the north side; Humboldt,Washington and Jackson Boulevards on the west side, and Michi-gan .A.ve.. Grand, Drexel and Garfield Boulevards on the southside. The first named. Lake Shore Drive, follows the very edgeof the lake for over two miles, and strong efforts are being exertedby citizens of both Illinois and Wisconsin to have it made a con-necting boulevard driveway between this city and Milwaukee, 80miles.
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SCENES ON CHICAGO BOULEVARDS. ()(r. 15, 181/;. I STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 640 The Street Railways of Chicago, Tlic slixcl railways of Chicago I ami iimler this head arc in-Iluilcil the elevated roads as bciriK wilhiii the defiiiilioii, railway^lairl ill, cm, under or over, streets lo facilitate the use of those streetshy llu iiublic,) conijjrise nearly 1,100 miles of track, with nearly6,000 cars and are operated by 15 companies. Of these 15 com-panies only three have histories, or had predecessors which havehistories, e.NlendiiiK back prior to i88g. One of these is theSoiilli ChicaRo City Ry., which w;is chartered in 188.5; the othertwo, the ChicaKo Union Tr.ietion Cf). and the Chicago City Ry,,operate syslcins wliich Ii.id tluir bc-^inniiiK^ over 40 years ago. Chicago City Railway Co. Till Inst street railway franchise granted by the council was in185(1 to KiiNwell I!. Masnii and Charles B. Iliillips for street carlines ill belli llu- iiorlli and ^niuli diii^inn^ of tin- city; 1857 was

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