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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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hat this plan willresult in better service, greater assurance to the companyand work no hardship on the men. TROLLEY PARTIES ON THE CALUMET. The Calumet Electric Street Railway Company of Chi-cago owns what is probably the largest suburban system inthe world. Its 80 miles of track extend through 27 subur-ban towns and villages in the southern part of Chicago.The routes pass several picnic grounds, touches Man-hattan Beach, a resort on the lake front, and runthrough some sparsely settled and beautiful country. Inevery way this railway is suited naturally for pleasure rid-ing. H. M. Sloan, general manager, realized the advan-tages such patronage would bring and every facility hasbeen improved to handle the traffic. In addition to this the merits of the road have beenextensively advertised. Its cars are painted uniformly andit it now known as the Yellow Line. Sign boards areplaced along the routes connecting it with the center of thecity and frequent use is made of illustrated posters. A
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A IAKTV TRAIN —CALUMET ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY. MASSACHUSETTS STREET RAILWAYASSOCIATION. The meeting of the Massachusetts Street Railway Asso-ciation was a success socially as well as from a businessstandpoint. The 120 delegates were treated to a fine outingby the West End and the Quincy cS: Boston roads. Thesubway, loop and stations were visited, then they weretaken to the Dorchester power house to inspect its superbc<iuipment. At Neponset, the Quincy & Boston Street Rail-way Company received the delegates in three finely deco-rated cars and proceeded to the power house at QuincyPoint. Dinner was served at Downers Landing after whichNantasket Beach was visited and a trip taken on the bay.As a souvenir of the delightful outing each delegatereceived a polished disc of granite upon which was inscribed :This souvenir was cut and polished from a sleeper used inthe construction of the first railway built in America, com-pleted October 7, 1826, leading from the granite quarriesof Q

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