. The street railway review . blanks which are LINDELL RAILWAY CO. ^° EXAMINATION OF SIGHT AND HEARING. fttu. SIGHT HEARING. evEe. AOUIT V. FIELD, GANB. VOICE. WATOH. RIOMT RIGHT LBFT Applicant has Why not passed ...passed the required examination M D Mehiooi. EJtAwiNiR printed on the back of the medical examiners businesscards. The back of one of these cards is reproducedhere, together with the blank used by the medical exam-iner in making his report to the superintendent. Three farmers were discussing the cheapness of attributed it to the use of electric in place of horsecar
. The street railway review . blanks which are LINDELL RAILWAY CO. ^° EXAMINATION OF SIGHT AND HEARING. fttu. SIGHT HEARING. evEe. AOUIT V. FIELD, GANB. VOICE. WATOH. RIOMT RIGHT LBFT Applicant has Why not passed ...passed the required examination M D Mehiooi. EJtAwiNiR printed on the back of the medical examiners businesscards. The back of one of these cards is reproducedhere, together with the blank used by the medical exam-iner in making his report to the superintendent. Three farmers were discussing the cheapness of attributed it to the use of electric in place of horsecars. The second laid it to the bicycle. The third, aGerman, feelingly remarked: I vill dell you vy horsesare so sheap; its because in Vashington deres so manytarn shackasses. Cars on the San Francisco & San Mateo Electric Rail-way climbed a 14 per cent grade during a fire blockaderecently. The heaviest grade they ascend in regularoperation is 11 per cent. (jStud/JxaiWay* 9\^ ■ 87 SOME EARLY TYPES OF TRACK FIGURES I AND 2. The street railway is of American origin and it is but natural that it should here find its highest development. The American street railway grew primarily out of the bad condition of our city streets which made omnibus traffic expensive and unpleasant. To-day we find that our fore-fathers budded bet-ter than they knew when they started thismethod of municipallocomotion, for itproved to be capableof taking care of traf-fic in a far better waythan ever would bepossible with busseseven on the best ofstreets, and, what ismore, made possiblethe evolution of me-chanical growth of theinterurban brings for-cibly to mind againthe fact that it ischeaper to build arailroad than a good wagon road, and cheaper to operate upon it after it is built. The construction of the first American street railways was patterned after the tramways used in connection with mining operations. One of the earliest forms of these coal mine tramways is shown in F
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