Identifier: streetrailwayrev09amer (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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ness district of thecity. The city council of Toledo on /\ug. 31, 1896, passed an ordi-nance requiring that wires of every description, with the singleexception of trolley wires, within the district bounded by Summit,Monroe, Michigan and Cherry Sts., be placed underground by Dec.31, 1809. This action of the council had been preceded by a greatdeal of agitation of the subject, and the ordinance was anticipatedbj the Traction company, as it began its first conduit in Septem-ber, 1805. The conduit construction during the first two years, 1895 and1896, was done by the National Underground Cable Co., of NewYork, as contractor; since then the Traction company has donethe work itself, completing the system Aug. i, 1899. The telephone,city fire telegraph, lighting and the street railway feeder wireswithin the district named are now underground and the telegraphcompanies will soon commence the work of placing their wires inconduits. The first of the Traction conduits laid were those in Madison
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MONROE .ST., TOLEDO, SHOWING TRENCH WITH NINE DUCTS. the city council, providing for the building by the city of streetcar tracks and leasing them to the highest bidder. He said: I know of no law authorizing municipalities in Ohio to eitherbuild, maintain, or operate street railroads, either in whole or inpart, and am therefore unable to comply with the terms of thewithin resolution by preparing an ordinance which in my judgmentwould be valid. The report of the law director was accepted, which ends the move-ment for municipal ownership. CLAMBAKE OF SYRACUSE RAILWAY MEN. The employes of the Syracuse Rapid Transit Railroad Co. gavea clambake at the Iron Pier at that city on August 24th, whichwas a credit to all concerned. Over 400 people, including the rail-way men and their friends, were served at the two appointed hours. There were two pits in which the food was cooked, both being 12ft. in diameter; the first was opened at 4 oclock and the secondthree hours later. At each serving ther

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