. The street railway review . ted the attention of Eastern capitalists who pur-chased large real estate holdings and started a boom of giganticproportions. City streets were extended out into the wilderness,the surrounding prairies were staked oflf into building lots in the to arrest proceedings every time cars passed on an adjacent streetas the noise they made prevented ordinary conversation in thecourt room. The court granted the injunction but ordered it heldnon-operative for a reasonable time in order to give the companyanother opportunity to make repairs. A solution of the difficulty was
. The street railway review . ted the attention of Eastern capitalists who pur-chased large real estate holdings and started a boom of giganticproportions. City streets were extended out into the wilderness,the surrounding prairies were staked oflf into building lots in the to arrest proceedings every time cars passed on an adjacent streetas the noise they made prevented ordinary conversation in thecourt room. The court granted the injunction but ordered it heldnon-operative for a reasonable time in order to give the companyanother opportunity to make repairs. A solution of the difficulty was finally reached by the sale of thefranchises and property to a new company, known as the WichitaRailroad & Light Co. Under the new management a complete renovation has beenmade. Non-paying lines have been taken up; complete new roll-ing stock purchased and the power station remodeled and enlarged. It is interesting to note what effect this action has had on thecommunity. The building of the new line seems to have inspired. liKinCE OVICK .\KKAXSAS RIVEK. regulation boom fashion, and enough street railway mileage wasbuilt to fill the needs of a city with five times the promoter who laid out an addition in a cornfield, immedi-ately proceeded to have a street railway built to his property. Itis said the only income that some of these roads enjoyed was de-rived from enthusiastic wealth seekers who were willing to payfare out and back in order to see the new addition. The boom ended as suddenly as it had commenced and when thefever had died away, the Wichita Electric Railway & Light Co.,
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