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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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simply outgrown their garments andcast them off, having clothed themselves in new electriclines. These are signs of life, not of death, for it is theresult of progress. Two bicycle riders in Newport, Ont., were struck byan electric car as they were trying to cross a street. Thefender caught them, saving them from injury. Thewheels were not so fortunate. This policeman is not so big as he looks, for he is suffer-ing deep affliction, and is mourning because he has topay street car fare or walk. He can no longer travelhis beat by riding on the cars. New York has voted aconstitutional amendment which provides a penalty forany public official who uses a free pass, and a like penaltyfor the company that issues it. Lawyers have agreed thatunder the law, policemen and firemen will, after JanuaryI, lose their perquisite of free car rides. The Consolidated Traction Company, Jersey City, N.J., met with an obstruction, when it tried to set poles inLa Fayette. A lady property owner objected to one
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One of the cars on a Pittsburg suburban line jumpedthrough an iron fence, and landed on the roof a houseabout forty feet below. The conductor jumped, but themotorman stuck to his post until the car began to dropwhen he was thrown off, being injured internally. Twopassengers were thrown against the front door, andwhen the car struck, bounded to to the rear door, butwere uninjured. A small girl, with her baby sister, waspassing when the car crossed the sidewalk. The smallerchild was caught by the fender, as if she was a tennisball, and landed on the ground, ninety feet below thepoint from which she started. A passer by, who sawher falling, was surprised to hear her say, Mister,please pick me up? Her injuries were not serious.The track was covered with yellow cla), made slipperyby rain. The car began to get away and reverse cur-rent was used, but without effect. When the car strucka short curve, it did not take it, but kept on its course. being placed in front of her premises. The forema

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