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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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ST. CATHERINES STREET—LOOKING EAST. 1,479,764 This has been accomplish-ed with but part of the lineequipped with the new agent.At present, 47 miles oftrack are traversed by Mon-treal cars with one-third ofthe mileage electricallyequipped. The engineer of the roadis Granville C. Cunningham,M. I. C. E., late city engineer.He has found nearly all therail in the city too light, andthe new 70-pound girder and45-pound tram rail is rapidlyreplacing the strap whereonthe horse car was wont toglide. The new rail is made by Dick, Kerr & Co-The rolling stock consists of 200 cars made by variousmanufacturers, both Canadian and American. The Amer-ican cars are principally from the shops of John Stephen-son and the Newburyport Car Company, while the Cana-dians are represented by Crossen and the La Riviereworks near Quebec. The Canadian cars are very fair
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OTABLKS, Willi KlilAlR SHOP TO THE LEFT—MONTREAL STREET RAILWAY. On November 2, the annual report of the stock-holders showed a remarkable increase over previousyears which is principally attributable to the influence ofelectric traction in the three months previous to thereport. The net profits for the year ending September30 was $93,880.21, as against $60,261.77 of theprevious year. Out of that amount two dividendsof 4 per cent, amounting to $71,000, having beendeclared. The reports of the three months of August, Septemberand October show an increased patronage of 1,479,764^ representatives of the art. The cars are 16, 18 and 20feet in length. They are mounted on trucks from thewell known factories of Brill, Bemis and the Fultonfoundry. The wheels are made by the Buffalo CarWheel Company. The cars are equipped with two motors each. Themotors are divided among the Royal Electric Companyof Montreal, the Edison and the Westinghouse Com-panies. Their service is very hard, as there are

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