The street railway review (1891) (14757825851)

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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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mnev. An inch and a half rope waspulled up and fastened to an iron pole, its other enddangling down the inside of the stack. George Brennan LAYING OUT A SUMMER RESORT. Our illustrations give a hint of what the new paikand summer resort of the Ft. Wayne ConsolidatedElectric Railway will look like, when it is completed.This is the only park in Ft. Wayne. Ind.. yet if therewere others the manv attractions that this enterprise hasto offer, would cause the rival parks to l)e deserted. Thepark is situated a short distance from the city and liesbetween the St. Joe river and a canal. The tracks ofthe coni)5anv are lieing laid on the tow-path, so that evenbefoi-e the park is reached the ride puts the visitor incondition to fully enjoy the scenes at the end of thejourney. At night, the tracks will be lighted with incandescentlamps in 5-lanip clusters at 200 feet intervals. Cars willenter a terminal station ,^100 feet long, at the park, sup-plied witJi a loop, situated on a peninsula between two
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^^-^^^^fk^^--^ FT. WAYNE CONSOLIDATED RAILWAY.—BIRDS EYE VIEW OF PLEASURE RESORT. was ordered to climb the rope on the inside for the pui-pose of rigging a lilock and tackle on the top. Hestarted up bravely hand over hand, but lost hisstrength when less than half way, and slid down blister-ing his hands. Cutler, the contractor, made the next at-tempt, which was successful, for in a few minutes hishead appeared over the top. He worked in his perilousposition all the afternoon. WORN SILVER COINS GOOD. Chief Justice Fuller of the United States SupremeCourt has decided that silver coins which are abradedonly by circulation are legal tender as long as they bearsemblance of the coin. James E. Morgan tendered aworn ten cent piece for fare for himself and wife to aconductor of the Jersey City and Bergen Railroad Com-pany. It was refused because the conductor thought itwas too badly worn to be worth par. Morgan got $315and costs, which was attirmed by the)Supreme court ofthe state and lastlv