. The street railway review . ss and regardless manner inwhich the cars arc run is a menace to the safety and lives of all un-fortunates compelled to cross the avenue. Imbued with anotherstreak of economy the company is repainting the cars and changingthe yellow, which everybody liked, to a tomato-worm green. In-stead of adding more scats the company has put in a fresh consign-ment of old leather straps for the tired passenger to dangle fromon his way home. The windows look as if they had not beenwashed in six months and every car has at least one flat wheel andgoes pounding along making a noi
. The street railway review . ss and regardless manner inwhich the cars arc run is a menace to the safety and lives of all un-fortunates compelled to cross the avenue. Imbued with anotherstreak of economy the company is repainting the cars and changingthe yellow, which everybody liked, to a tomato-worm green. In-stead of adding more scats the company has put in a fresh consign-ment of old leather straps for the tired passenger to dangle fromon his way home. The windows look as if they had not beenwashed in six months and every car has at least one flat wheel andgoes pounding along making a noise like a boiler shop. In shortthe every evidence of the company is a fortissimo declaration ofthe public be damned policy. And the cub pondered on these things. The New York Court of Appeals has fixed the amount o( theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Cos. state tax at $5,3,499. The stock nfthe company taxable in the state of New York is $34,997,361- STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XI, No. 2. Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath Street 3Y C. B. FAIRCHILU. The system operated by the Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath StreetRailway Co., of Lewiston, Me., is quite as interesting as any roadin the country both from engineering and operating lines comprise 55 miles of track connecting the villages ofSabattus, Lisbon and Lisbon Falls with the cities of Lewiston,Auburn, Brunswick and Bath. Current is generated at both steam and water power stations antransmitted at high potential to transformer sub-stations. One othe features that has been admirably developed is the park company was chartered in 1897 and purchased the propertiesBrunswick Electric Ry. and the Lewiston & Auburn Horse RyJuly I, 1898, the Bath Street Ry. was leased for 999 years. The suburban line proper runs in a direction nearly north an
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