Identifier: streetrailwayrev05amer (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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passengers to look out for there were high-waymen in front. The motorman stood by the controllerhandle with his teeth set, determined to run through theband, but slowed up as the rays from the headlight dis-covered to him a gentle cow by the roadside. The newhighwayman is not to be feared unless he be on the track. The Buffalo, Kenmoi e & Tonawanda Electric RailwayCompany got ahead of the express men, by solicitingbusiness from people who changed their residences onthe annual moving day. The goods were loaded on coalcars. Summer resorts are doing a big business these days.Attractions are drawing the people to the cars, whichdraw them to the parks, and everybody is pleased. Six street railway enterprises in Kansas City have beenconsolidated as the Metropolitan Street Railway Com-pany. The new company controls a fine property. As powerful as an order of court is a stream of waterdirected by a fire department. One of those annoyingdetails thought out by city officials who must make a
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show of earning salaries, but which are of no importance,and are sometimes overlooked by those whom they annoy,was discovered near Niagara Falls. Before it could beadjusted, the city officials ordered out the fire departmentwhich turned the hose on the gang of laborers employedby the contractor on one of the new street railway lines.There was no order of court, but work was effectuallystopped for a while. Then it was discovered a mistakehad been made. Milwaukee is in the hands of receivers, Henry C. Payneand George R. Sheldon, that is her street railway andlighting interests are. Memorial day was pleasant, for a change, in most ofthe United States, and all the street railway companies dida big business. More national holidays would be wel-comed by the companies, if generally observed by thepeople. Manhole covers usually knock out such fragile thingsas human beings and window glass that happen to comein their way, but a street car is generally too big a partyfor one to tackle. A strong

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