. The street railway review . the speed of trolley cars. This has backof it the endorsement of the governor and the commissioners them-selves, and back of all this, the accident lo the iiresidential party inPiltsfield last fall. rile law of last year liy \\liicii ihc railroad commissioners havelo aiiprovc all grams nt local Ijoards is attacked by a petition andhill to have this law repealed. There has been no hearing as yeton this matter and it is impossible to state how much force thereis back of it. Its success is doubtful, however, for llie present ten-dency of Massachusetts legislation is
. The street railway review . the speed of trolley cars. This has backof it the endorsement of the governor and the commissioners them-selves, and back of all this, the accident lo the iiresidential party inPiltsfield last fall. rile law of last year liy \\liicii ihc railroad commissioners havelo aiiprovc all grams nt local Ijoards is attacked by a petition andhill to have this law repealed. There has been no hearing as yeton this matter and it is impossible to state how much force thereis back of it. Its success is doubtful, however, for llie present ten-dency of Massachusetts legislation is towards cenlralization of mat-ter in the hands of state authorities. There are one or two cases where companies are seeking to getfrom the legislature grants in the way of location, etc., that therailroad commissioners have refused them. Some of the suburbantowns in the metropolitan section have majority votes in favor ofkeeping their roads for their own pleasure driving rather than givingthem to public use for trolley OK UPPER FLOORS, INTKRUKIiAN TERMINAL STATION, CINCINNATI. and is to be equipped with an independent steam heating, eleclriclight and elevator plant. This building was designed by Mr. Scrugham. The architectswere Warner & .^dkins. The general contractors were L. P. Hazen& Co., of Cincinnati, and the sub-contractors as follows: Steamheating plant, John H. McGowan Co., Cincinnati; elevators, WernerElevator Co., Cincinnati; engines, Buckeye Engine Co., Salem, O.;electric plant, Wcstinghouse Co., steel work, L. Schreiber Sons Co.;plumbing, Wm. Hillenbrand & Co. It is the intention of the Railway & Terminal Co. to establishstations in many of the towns, with a man in charge to act as agentwho will operate wagons to distribute and collect goods. The sys-tem of transporting these goods on the cars will be very similarto that now in use by express companies, way bills being used, anda regular tariff being established. To facilitate small shipments, the compa
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