. The street railway review . ht. The line crosses two very deep canyons andthe intending passengers need to take a very level headon their shoulders, as any sudden dizziness arising frompeering down the more than 1,000 feet of space couldhardly result other than in a fatality. Nevertheless theair line is well patronized and after one has becomeaccustomed to the ride it is said to be exhilirating andeven enjoyable. Two passengers constitute a load andno difficulty is experienced in enforcing the no seat, nofare rule. The Richmond Electric Club, Richmond, Va., is oneof the newest organizations
. The street railway review . ht. The line crosses two very deep canyons andthe intending passengers need to take a very level headon their shoulders, as any sudden dizziness arising frompeering down the more than 1,000 feet of space couldhardly result other than in a fatality. Nevertheless theair line is well patronized and after one has becomeaccustomed to the ride it is said to be exhilirating andeven enjoyable. Two passengers constitute a load andno difficulty is experienced in enforcing the no seat, nofare rule. The Richmond Electric Club, Richmond, Va., is oneof the newest organizations of electricians. The officersare: George A. Tower, president; T. L. Martin, vice-president; Harrison Tabb, secretary; F. J. Craigie, Jr.,treasurer. The Review extends congratulations. The strike that failed occurred down at Pine Bluffs,Ark., last month, when the force of 15 conductors anddrivers walked out. It took 15 minutes to get 15 mento take their places and the strike was declared a dismalfailure. 432 ^txcctj\aiWayj^ViW. Serajervo, Austria, is to run an electric light and rail-way plant on the municipal plan. NijNiNOVGOROD, the great Russian market town, is tohave an electric railway on the overhead plan. Clontarf, Ireland, is to have an electric railway,and the Dublin tramways apply for electric rights onthe Hill of Howth line. Ulm, Germany, will soon be riding by Schuckerts, of Nuremberg, have received a fifty-year franchise on a percentage basis. THe Brazilian Street Railway Company finds in spiteof war and hard times that traffic is on the increase,amounting to £42,560 against £38,360 in 1892. An interesting feature of the Lyons, France, exhibi-tion is an electric tramway on the alternating currentsystem, put down by the celebrated Creusot Works. Hannan & Co., are about to establish a permanentsample exhibition at Johannesburg, South Africa. Anefficient staff will be organized to exhibit and care formachinery of all kinds. A NEW electric railway is n
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