. The street railway review . Review prophesy is well verified. Mr. Smith, besides being one of the wealthiest men onthe coast, is one of Californias cleverest financiers andthe Review welcomes him to the ranks of street railwaygenerals. First obtaining control of the California & NevadaRailroad, Mr. Smith announced that a new ferry would DANGERS OF HORSE CARS. AN extraordinary affair, says an English contem-porary, happened at Greenwich, one eveninglately. A Lewisham servant girl on a tram carapproaching Greenwich complained of feeling ill. Onarriving at the terminus a train inspector, seeing
. The street railway review . Review prophesy is well verified. Mr. Smith, besides being one of the wealthiest men onthe coast, is one of Californias cleverest financiers andthe Review welcomes him to the ranks of street railwaygenerals. First obtaining control of the California & NevadaRailroad, Mr. Smith announced that a new ferry would DANGERS OF HORSE CARS. AN extraordinary affair, says an English contem-porary, happened at Greenwich, one eveninglately. A Lewisham servant girl on a tram carapproaching Greenwich complained of feeling ill. Onarriving at the terminus a train inspector, seeing the girlwas really ill, hailed a cab, that she might be drawn toher home. A crowd gathered, and as none of the femaleelement would acccompany the girl, the inspector got inthe cab with the young woman. The cab had gone onlya short distance when to the inspectors dismay his com-panion was delivered of a child. Had it occurred on an electric car we presume the NewYork papers would had laid the mishap to the RUTLAND GROUND PLAN MATLOCK CABLE POWER HOUSE. be established at Emeryville, and the pier was setabuilding. But how to get people to the ferry was thenext question. Next, Oakland gossips understood thatMr. Smith and his colleague, H. M. Miner, the theatricalmanager, backed by eastern capital, had acquired acontrolling interest in the Consolidated. It was a battleof kings, in which George W. McNear, president ofthe Consoldated, arrayed his forces against the Boraxroyalty. Now, although Mr. McNear is nominally and for peacesake president. Smith, et al., hold the power behind thethrone. The twelfth street line was built by Mr. Smithand added to this system, now publically announced. Mr. Smith has another big scheme in view. It is pro-posed to build from Piedmont to Emeryville and run inconnection with the ferry. This gives the syndicate con-trol of 25 miles of road and ten miles of franchise and nodoubt the Alsip-Whitmore franchise will become part ofthe system.
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