. The street railway review . s coming at full speed,and when the motorman yelled to warn him, he saved himself byclutching the dashboard, and hanging on until the car was stopped. The Lake Whatcom Street Car Company has decided to straightenthe curves on the road in order to allow the locomotive of the BlueCanyon road to use the track for hauling logs and freight. The Edison General Electric Company has brought suit in the United!^tates Court against the Port Townsend Belt Railway Company torecover an alleged debt of $51, The plaintiff claims that thisamount is due on a contract for co
. The street railway review . s coming at full speed,and when the motorman yelled to warn him, he saved himself byclutching the dashboard, and hanging on until the car was stopped. The Lake Whatcom Street Car Company has decided to straightenthe curves on the road in order to allow the locomotive of the BlueCanyon road to use the track for hauling logs and freight. The Edison General Electric Company has brought suit in the United!^tates Court against the Port Townsend Belt Railway Company torecover an alleged debt of $51, The plaintiff claims that thisamount is due on a contract for constructing an electric railway stationwith car and line equipment. Only $4,000 of the cost has been paidand the suit is brought for the balance. The debt was covered bypromissory notes, endorsed by Julius S. Potter, C. B. Holman and H. CColver, who are made parties defendant. The court is asked to appointa receiver to look after the allairs of the railway company, and to grantudgment against it and the endorsers of its A Pleasant Route to Pleasant31 Places. Commencing June i. Tourists tickets to thevarious Eastern Summer resorts will be on salevia the Lake Shore Route Special rates be made to New York for the Y. P. S. meeting and to Saratoga for the N. E. in July. Send for full information. Byron, City Pass, and Ticket Agt ,66 ClarkSt.; C. K. Wilber, West. Pass. Agt, Chicago. COMING DEVELOPMENTS OF ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. 333 THE American Institute of Electrical Engineersconvening in the parlors of the Grand PacificHotel, Chicago, on June 6th continued its meet-ings June 7th and Sth. The newly electedotlicers, Frank J. Sprague, New York, president. R. , secretar), and G. W. Phelps, treasury, with a fullrepresentation of the rank and tile of the societ}- werepresent. Valuahle papers were read and discussed by all theablest electrical engineers in the country. To the railway ileld, N. W. Perrys paper on SeriesElectric Traction; Electric Railw
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