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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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, is invalid and unreasonable. It is also a violationof the rights granted to us by the board of aldermen in1892. The simple question ofliow fast the cars are runis easy to dispose of, but the question as to whether theordinance is unreasonable requires the examination ofexperts. We intended to bring a number of prominent railroadmen here from other cities to testify as experts. Itwould have taken three days to try one of these casesbut the expert testimony could have been given in onesuit and stand for the other cases as well. The compa-nies have fixed their schedules in conformity with thisordinance, and it has provoked a storm of disapproval allover the city. The citizens got tired of horse-car speed, having longoutgrown that stage and demanded the old schedule.The companies have begun proceedings in the Supremecourt to test the constitutionality of the speed ordinance. The cases will be rushed as fast as possible, so thatthey will be settled before winter. (^tuctlf^ailM^j\eym/ 488
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This depart mciit is devoted to tlie eonstruction mid of era-lion of eketrie railway foiver houses Corresfondenctfrom practical men is specially invited. Both the usersand makers of power house appliances, are expected togive their views and experiences on subjects within therange of the department. Power Plant Economics. BY J. W. GREER, SECRETARY AND GENERAL MANAGER, YOAKUM.TEXAS, IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. In discussing this subject I will not tax your patiencewith a homily on the relative merits of high and slowspeed engines, direct coupled or belted generators, watertube or horizontal return flue tubular boilers, but willtake it for granted that you have a thorough knowledgeof the strong and weak points of these various appliances,which have received such thorough discussion since theadvent of mechanical traction. The state of enginebuilding and dynamo construction, has reached the stagewhere the standard makes will generally be found toexceed the guaranteed efficiency and rated capacit

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