. The street railway review . ilways received quite a boom in NewYork City, and the Second, Third, Sixth and Eighth ave-nue companies were chartered. Orders from these lineswere placed with Stephenson, who allowed the car build-ing to gradually supplant the omnibus business. At the same time the street car idea grew in favor inforeign cities and orders came pouring in from GreatBritain, Europe, Africa, Australia, South America, andlater from Japan, so that in nearly every large city on theglobe American built cars, the monuments of this mansenterprise, tell their story daily to millions of peo
. The street railway review . ilways received quite a boom in NewYork City, and the Second, Third, Sixth and Eighth ave-nue companies were chartered. Orders from these lineswere placed with Stephenson, who allowed the car build-ing to gradually supplant the omnibus business. At the same time the street car idea grew in favor inforeign cities and orders came pouring in from GreatBritain, Europe, Africa, Australia, South America, andlater from Japan, so that in nearly every large city on theglobe American built cars, the monuments of this mansenterprise, tell their story daily to millions of people andinterpreted in many a language. The modest little shop has grown with added yearsuntil now they are so extended as to give employment to500 hands, and have a capacity of four cars a day. Eventhe present facilities are to be greatly enlarged by theconstruction during the present year of still larger andmore extensive works, the land for which was purchasedlast summer. It is a matter of no surprise that a man who held in. JOHN STEPHENSON, Inventor and Buildef of the First Street Ca such high regard the obligations of a business nature,should in his private hfe be an example of integrity andhonor. In religious belief he is a Methodist, and untilwithin the last two years has been an active worker inchurch and Sunday school. He is a man of strong relig-ious conviction and a deep student of the Bible, one copyof which in his possession bears date of 1832. Extremelyfond of music, he has gathered a valuable musical library,and was for forty-six years leader of a choir, which dur-ing thirty years was composed of forty young people. Hehas never taken an active part in politics though frequentlyurged to do so, but for twenty consecutive years held theposition of trustee of one of the public schools. During the war he rendered valuable services to thegovernment in the construction of hundreds of gun car-riages and other accoutrements, and at one time turnedout 70 pontoons in 17 days
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