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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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EL MOTOR AT OMAHA. The Steel motor has been doing wonderful things atCouncil Bluffs, on the Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway& Bridge Companys line. On the occasion of a schoolpicnic held there June 27th, one of the Steel motor carsthat has been doing service on the bridge for some time satisfaction expressed at the recent announcement that acertain dummy line was to be transformed into anelectric road. The experience of Birmingham is that electric carsare cleaner and more comfortable than the dummycoaches; the time made is about the same, and so is theproportion of accidents. CONSOLIDATION IN PENNSYLVANIA. New companies are forming in Philadelphia and Pitts-burg to consolidate several lines of street railway in eachcity. The largest company will comprise the Peoples,Electric and Philadelphia Traction Companies, of Phila-delphia, in the Union Traction Company wiih $30,000,-000 capital. The new company will control 347 miles ofelectric and 34 miles of cable line. Stockholders have
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A LONCi HAUL. was coupled to a train of nine heavily loaded trailers.The big motors sailed through at 20 miles an hour onthe level and mounted a 4 per cent grade 500 feet long.Reserve motive power was in readiness at this grade butthe motor proved not to need it. The motor and its longtrain attracted universal attention all along the street andManager Dimmock was proud of his load. George W.Henry, western agent for the Steel Motor Company, waspresent and of course was greatly pleased to see the ma-chines he sold standing up to their work as they did. GOOD SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM. The Age-Herald, of Birmingham, Ala., has these goodwords for the electric road in that city: When trolley cars were introduced in this city therewas a great deal of prejudice against them. All sorts ofterrible things were predicted. But the cars went on theeven tenor of their way, with an accident record nogreater than that of the familiar and favorit^e dummies.The service improved from time to time, and there

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