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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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TRACK IN 47TH STREET, CHICAGO. way will no doubt be of interest (to those interurban roadswhich are seeking a solution of the low joint problem. The third illustration is a view of a piece of track in Oakland avenue, Milwaukee, laid with 60-lb. T-rails. Thephotograph was taken after four days exposure in June,1896, the joints having been cast at night. This track is
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SIX INCH 6o-l,l.. T KAIL, OAKLAND AVENUE, MILWAUKEE. covered by dirt to the heads of the rails; no joints havebroken on this track. CARRYING BICYCLES. Street railway managers are waking up to the fact thatin many cities the carrying of bicycles on street cars is notonly a possible source of revenue, but an accommodation whichthe public is beginning to demand. We have realized thistrend from numerous letters, asking what is being done inother cities. There are evidently cities where svich accommodations arenot much needed, but in others where the parks or otherdesirable riding streets can only be reached by passing overlong stretches of bad riding, a good business can be carried.In San Francisco, as already illustrated in these pages, atlevice is attached to the front of each car which will carrytwo wheels. For these one regular fare is collected. Allfamiliar with the topography of that city, and Butte, Mon-tana, where wheels are carried, will realize the popularity ofthe scheme. But i

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