. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—VIEW ON DEXTER AVENUE—MONTGOMERY, ALA nations of the earth forever, but is also inseparably con-nected with a mechanical power which is rapidly revolu-tionizing transit methods, not only in this country, butthroughout the world, and which doubtless will be asdurable as civilization itself. We refer to electricity as amotive power, and the early experiment, in its applicationto street railway purposes, made by Charles J. VanDepoele, in 1887, by the equipping of nine miles of trackin Montgomery with the overhead trolley system. FIG. 2.—STATE CAPITOL AND CON
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 1.—VIEW ON DEXTER AVENUE—MONTGOMERY, ALA nations of the earth forever, but is also inseparably con-nected with a mechanical power which is rapidly revolu-tionizing transit methods, not only in this country, butthroughout the world, and which doubtless will be asdurable as civilization itself. We refer to electricity as amotive power, and the early experiment, in its applicationto street railway purposes, made by Charles J. VanDepoele, in 1887, by the equipping of nine miles of trackin Montgomery with the overhead trolley system. FIG. 2.—STATE CAPITOL AND CONFEDERATE MONUMENT—MONTGOMERY, ALA. railway lines of Montgomery; although it was later in-stalled here in the face of strong prejudice and protest onthe part of the citizens, all of which is now forgotten,while every facility is offered for the development of newlines. Montgomery, a city of about 30,000 inhabitants, isdelightfully located in the basinformed by a row of hills whichrise to the height of 100 ft. or moreabo
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