. The Street railway journal . makes nineteen trips a day, or 380 miles in toto. Thecars are double truck, and are made by the Barney &Smith Company. The fare from Milwaukee to Waukesha is 35 cents sin-gle trip, and 50 cents round trip, which is considerablylower than the competing railroad fare, and the electricrailway has taken nearly all the business away from thesteam railroad. The line to Waukesha has been recentlyrebuilt, and is in magnificent condition. A large portionof it is over private right of way. A short time ago, on theinvitation of General Manager Beggs, Henry Villard andother
. The Street railway journal . makes nineteen trips a day, or 380 miles in toto. Thecars are double truck, and are made by the Barney &Smith Company. The fare from Milwaukee to Waukesha is 35 cents sin-gle trip, and 50 cents round trip, which is considerablylower than the competing railroad fare, and the electricrailway has taken nearly all the business away from thesteam railroad. The line to Waukesha has been recentlyrebuilt, and is in magnificent condition. A large portionof it is over private right of way. A short time ago, on theinvitation of General Manager Beggs, Henry Villard andother largely interested stockholders of the North Ameri-. LAYING TRACK lower deck and one for the upper deck. Practically allof the motormen and conductors are Italians, as the nativescf the country do not seem to take to the work. Thewages paid are about $ in paper, which is equivalentto about 80 cents in gold. The officers of the company are: President, Theo. ; secretary and treasurer, H. Roberts Parrish; con- EXTERIOR OF POWER HOUSE
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