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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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ed a justiceof the peace by Governor Grcnhedgc and later by Governor Crane.He was identified for about 15 years with steam railroads, in themeantime taking up the subject of electric roads and working upthrough the several departments to the position of superintendent.He opened the Worcester & Clinton road December 10, 1898, andthe Clinton & Hudson road Apr. 18, 1900, both of which he suc-cessfully handled as superintendent until their consolidation withthe Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co., when he was ap-pointed assistant superintendent of the third division from Worcesterto Fitchburg, which position he resigned to accept the present one.He is a Knight Templar and 32d degree Mason, as well as aShriner, and is identified with several other societies. SUIT FOR ALLEGED FALSE ARREST. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co- has been made defendant in asuit brought by one Francis Keegan, a former employe of the com-pany, to recover $10,000 for alleged false imprisonment at the time
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POWER HOUSE AND CAR BARN AT MAYNARD, MASS. pound condensing engines made by the Slater Engine Co., of War-ren, Mass. These engines have cylinders 14 and 28 x 36 in. Eachis direct connected to a 250-kw. Westinghouse generator,The boiler room contains two 264-h. p. B. S: W. type boilers. Allvalves are of the Crane make. The car house is built of brick and is 51 ft. x 204 ft. with annex35 x 100 ft. It contains four tracks, office, large stock room, mens of the big street railway strike in Brooklyn in July, 1899. Whilethe strike was at its height the railway company received informa-tion of a plot to blow up a section of the elevated with dynamite,and upon advice caused the arrest of Keegan and 20 other employes-Keegan was subsequently discharged for lack of evidence and nowbrings suit, claiming that his reputation was injured and his pros-pects in life seriously affected by his arrest and imprisonment. Feb. is, 1902.) STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 113 KEYSTONE CAR WHEEL CO. The accompanying ill

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