The Street railway journal (1902) (14575039389)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo201902newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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r, President Otto Mears and Charles W. Popper, the vice-president having retired from the management. Mr. Moffatt recently at-tached the companys real estate for a debt of $25,000. On the outskirts of Wash-ington the road connects with the electric railway system, and the plan nowunder consideration will provide for running the trains from the Beach clearinto the heart of Washington. The excursion business is to be developed forthe benefit of visitors to the National Capital. WESTFIELD, MASS.—The Westfield Valley Electric Railway Associationwas an organization founded to do pioneer work toward the building of anelectric railway through the towns of the Westfield Valley. Its mission wasto aggitate, not to undertake, the construction of street railway lines. Out ofit, however, has grown an organization known as the Wetsern MassachusettsStreet Railway Company, which has secured franchises, and promises tocommence construction next spring. December 13, 1902.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 947
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SATURDAY, DECEHBER 13, 1902. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE STREET RAILWAY PUBLISHING COMPANY r • « :* Main Office: NEW YORK, Engineering Building, 114 Liberty Street. fc> R I .. •Branch Offices: Chicago Monadnock BIpctc Philadelphia .^^....fV..........929 Chestnut Street Cleveland Ifc,*,... Cuyahoga Building London Hastings Housed Norfolk Street, Strand Correspondents in other Principal Cities of the World. Long Distance Telephone, New York, 4044 Cortlandt.Cable Address, Stryjourn, New York,—Liebers Code used. Contents of this Issue Union Opposition to Trolley Mail Cars 947 Electrical Power for Railroads 947 Local Transportation and the Centrals Terminal Plan 948 Traction 948 Labor Unions in Politics 948 No-Seat-No-Fare Campaign 949 The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association—Some Interesting Features Concerning Its Organization and Methods of Work 950 Increasing Traction by Magnetism 953 Eighty Miles by Trolley Through Connecticut 953 New Repair Shops of the Brookl