. The street railway review . olfaxavenue and Broadway track is of the same construction, andit will be used in all new work. The accompanying picture shows Tramway Billy, whois the companys pet. He is 10 years old and one of thesmartest dogs that ever was; he has been with the com-pany ever since the first cable was started on Broadway,and now lives near the South Denver loop, the terminus ofthe Broadway short line. Originally there were four cable lines; Broadway carswere painted orange; Colfax avenue, white; l8th avenue,blue, and 22nd avenue, green. In the old days Billywould take regular t
. The street railway review . olfaxavenue and Broadway track is of the same construction, andit will be used in all new work. The accompanying picture shows Tramway Billy, whois the companys pet. He is 10 years old and one of thesmartest dogs that ever was; he has been with the com-pany ever since the first cable was started on Broadway,and now lives near the South Denver loop, the terminus ofthe Broadway short line. Originally there were four cable lines; Broadway carswere painted orange; Colfax avenue, white; l8th avenue,blue, and 22nd avenue, green. In the old days Billywould take regular trips over the various lines, visiting the different barns; he changed cars at the t)oints he foundmost convenient and never failed to get the car he wanted,knowing it by the color. On the grip cars there were short.^eats running lengthwise at the front end beside the gnp-man, and Billy usually occupied a seat there when course all the oiificers and men knew Billy. When waiting for a car he always stands on the right. TRAMWAY BILL, OF DENVER. corner, like any other passenger, and makes it a point not:to become mixed up in street fights. Now he is getting oldand the cars bother him to some extent, as there are 24 linesand the cars are all of one color. The four old lines nevertrouble him, as he remembers them, but the cars on theother 20 lines disconcert him. Whenever a niotorman orconductor sees Billy waiting in the street he calls theline and Billy waits till he hears the line he wants. Re-cently the writer was standing at the loop, watching Billywaiting for a car; several passed but he made no moveimtil a motorman called 40th street, Billy, when he waggedhis tail and climbed aboard. He wears a nickel-plated collar with the name 1 ani-way Bill and is known to half the people of Denver. AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY IN ALGIERS. Some of the colonies of the European powers possessa more progressive spirit in railway affairs than the mothercountry, this being especially true of Eng
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