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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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probably themost beautiful west of the Mississippi river, the companyowns a spur track, the rails of which harclv show through faction on the part of the public and all the high class under-takers who have used the car has amply demonstrated thefact that it is strictly in line with modern ideas and progress.The charge for this service is $15 while the cost of anequal service by hearse and carriages is $70 a fact keenlyappreciated by many who find other burdensome charges ata time when they are frequently least prepared tomeet them. The average time required in making the round trip isabout 2^ hours which includes the lay-over at the ceme-teries, whereas fully double that length of time is requiredbv carriage. The car is called for principally through theagency of undertakers who maintain regular monthlyaccounts with the company and at whose service the car isheld whenever desired. L^pwards of 350 funerals have been conducted with thiscar the greater portion being within the past year.
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FUNERAL CAR AT SAN FRANCISCO. the velvety green lawn. The funeral car Cypress Lawn owned by the company, has now been in use about threeyears. It is a substantially built double truck car of the pas-senger coach type, the interior being finishctl throughout inblack walnut and is carpeted and upholstered in harmoniouscolors. One end of the car, completely separated from theremainder, is set a;)art for the reception of the casket andfamily of the deceased while the other portion is fitted outsimilar to the regulation Pullman cars. For many reasons when the car was first introduced itwas cautiously received by the public and there was butlittle call for it; but notwithstanding this fact, the presentera has witnessed the destruction of many old time ideasand customs, and in San Francisco at least, the electricfuneral car has become a well established institution whichappeals alike to the reason and common sense of the public.True, the funeral car is still regarde<l with an evil eye byh

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