Identifier: streetrailwayrev12amer (find matches)
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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- ■> DETROIT TKoI.I.KV WHEEL AM> ll\KI\ painted black, and the letters are cut lit with a jig saw. the stand-ard letter being 5 in. high. Over the hack of the letters are tackedpieces of white celluloid, and the letters arc also edged with whitepaint. The signs arc hung in front of the deck lights by specialmalleable iron hangers, both over the hood and at the side of thecar. The signs arc all made and are, therefore, inter- changeable on all cars. This sign is very easily read in daytime, -.tonus there are eight levelers and six nose plows, which werebuilt in the companys own shops. ■» • » NO POWER TO REDUCE FARE. The City Attorney of St. Paul has rendered an opinion thai HieCommon Council of the city dots nol possess the power to order the
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(NTERURBAN IWKI.nK CAR FOR DETROIT UNITED RY, 11 WETT 1 \K CO. and at night the light from the interioi of the car shining through the celluloid makes the individual lishable for a ditancc of several hundred fi In addition to the rolling stock mentioned, the company owns three line wagons, one fire hose wagon, . wagons, a 7-ton truck fitted with windlass for hauling I material, and vehicles. i*n tlwork. Pearson and Norton jacl F01 u 1 i ■■ reduction of tree! cai Fares from 5 cents to ,t cents. The citjattorney found thai the enabl ac! pa ed in 1890 gives municipal-ity 1! righl i provide E01 regulating and controlling any publich in. in 1 , init it 1 ercisi no powei to fix maximum rates. A longinn -I deci ions which have been rendered also give the CityCouncil the right to enter into contracts with corporations, butwhen the contracts have been once made the powers granted to1 ■ munii ipalil \ < ea e and the conti ai 1 musl stand

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