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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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have directed the construction. The city is built from the river banks along the \alleyand up over and upon the hills which rise on either side.There is quite a rivalry between the East and Westsides, and nature evidently anticipating these harmlesshostilities, thoughtfully formed a large island in the middleof the river. On this are built the postoffice, public read-ing room, and such other public offices as are of a generalnature. The power house of the Electric Railway findsits home very prettily on the east bank of the river, andwhile something of a card for the sectionalists on thatside, the rival half on the western banks has its full shareof the railway tracks. The whole city, however, is verj-
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AURORA CITY RAILWAY COMPANY—THE NEW AND THE flLn. There are twelve miles of track, several grades, oneof which is 6.91, but at a recent trial a car loaded to itsutmost capacit) had no difficulty in mounting this gradeat a speed of ten miles per hour, coming to a full stopwhen half way up and again starting and securing itsspeed in a distance of two car lengths. The workthroughout is most perfect, and makes this one of thebest as it is one of the latest plants in the countrv. Fif-teen motor cars will go into service immediately, and asummer equipment is now building. The conductors willwear a blue uniform and motor men one of grav, cutdouble-breasted, with brass buttons bearing the wordsAurora City Railvvav. Mr. T. C. Oakman is in charge as General Manager,and the future of the Companj-, equipped as it is withevery possible convenience, is verj- bright. Extensionsare already being considered and doubtless will be madewithin a few months. much pleased with the i\e\\ order of tilings,

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