. Electric railway journal . Peoria Within ilir next lew dny» Q>onew type Birney mv will be jmt street railway Hue*. introduction ot ue puiHtj/ enrir\ Poorin is in r wny oil experi-ment, for this modtrm, lightwiiglil cur Iiuh thTnu/liltried and tested under tlie mo-itwvcre-traffic conditions in otherlarge awi pWfMtslve cities,. LONG beforej Nov. 16, theinaugural dateof the Birneysafety car in thecity of Peoria,111., patrons ofthe Peoria Rail-way had been in-formed througha detailed andcomprehensivepublicity cam-paign by meansof booklets andadvertisementsjust what therailway wasplannin
. Electric railway journal . Peoria Within ilir next lew dny» Q>onew type Birney mv will be jmt street railway Hue*. introduction ot ue puiHtj/ enrir\ Poorin is in r wny oil experi-ment, for this modtrm, lightwiiglil cur Iiuh thTnu/liltried and tested under tlie mo-itwvcre-traffic conditions in otherlarge awi pWfMtslve cities,. LONG beforej Nov. 16, theinaugural dateof the Birneysafety car in thecity of Peoria,111., patrons ofthe Peoria Rail-way had been in-formed througha detailed andcomprehensivepublicity cam-paign by meansof booklets andadvertisementsjust what therailway wasplanning in re-I gard to this newmethod of oper-ation. Prelimi-nary to the start-ing of the twentyBirney cars onthe Second, Lincoln and Monroe Street lines the com-pany, through its general superintendent, R. F. Palm-blade, printed and distributed to the public an interest-ing booklet containing news of the outside and insideof the car, modern seating and standee arrangement,etc. The booklet gave a short history of the new type. For the present, only the Sec-ond, Lincoln and Monroe streetlines are being equipped inPeoria. New—and More of Them More Frequent Service More Comfortable Service More Flexible Service —and Safer Service Peoria Railway Company A Recent Advertisement in a PeoriaPaper Introducing the New Car
Size: 1322px × 1890px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkmcgrawhillp
