The street railway review (1891) (14780970143)

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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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tically decorated, the design being Louisi-ana. Cotton, sugar, Spanish moss and latanier or palmettoconstituted the principal portion of the decorations, to saynothing of a wealth of roses and sweet blossoms gatheredfrom the numerous splendid gardens which line the routesof the various lines which have termini in the Arabella barn.The fenders were beds of Spanish moss and roses, whileeach post of the car was covered with Spanish moss, inwhich cotton bolls were liberally scattered, giving the dec-orations a most beautiful and appropriate appearance. Flagsand bunting were displayed in profusion all around the sidesand ends of the car, while two rows of Chinese lanterns weri_suspended on each side of the interior. The side step was al)ed of moss and roses, while a garland of moss extendedall around the car. The interior was brilliantly illuminatedwith incandescent lamps having vari-colored bulbs, and infront and rear, instead of the headlight, was a cluster of elec- 260 ^13M.S^cu1m4hSVa^
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POLAND BRANCH MAGAZINE BRANCH. trie lig-hts which formed the letter A. At each end, infront and on top of the car, was a large transparency bearingthe word Louisiana. The car from the Poland street branch seemed to meetwith the approval of the majority of the people who wit-nessed the parade and who declared it the most beauti-ful of all. That it was a most gorgeously dec-orated as well as artistically illuminated car was be-yond cavil, and it expressed the taste, skill and novel ideasof the designer. The car, as v.as the other, was an open car,and was surrounded by a red cloth, which formed thegroundwork of color. Red and white roses made of paper,with a large number of boquets of natural flowers, surround-ed the car. The posts were covered with red cloth, decorat-ed with flowers, in accord with the remainder. Festoons ex-tended from end to end of the car and across the ceiling,composed of Spanish moss, into which roses had been en-twined with twigs of cedar. The fender at each end w