. The street railway review . heirfailure. The result was that Carthage was on the vergeof nervous prostration, and the disease extended two orthree blocks back on both sides of the street railwaytracks. There was more noise in the village than wasever dreamed, for there was scarcely a minute in the daythat the gongs and bells were not clanging. It was reallya case of much ado about nothing for Carthage hasnever had a personal injury case, or a collision. An overzealous member of the board thought to advance himselfin popularity, but got himself dishked. He introducedthe ordinance because he w
. The street railway review . heirfailure. The result was that Carthage was on the vergeof nervous prostration, and the disease extended two orthree blocks back on both sides of the street railwaytracks. There was more noise in the village than wasever dreamed, for there was scarcely a minute in the daythat the gongs and bells were not clanging. It was reallya case of much ado about nothing for Carthage hasnever had a personal injury case, or a collision. An overzealous member of the board thought to advance himselfin popularity, but got himself dishked. He introducedthe ordinance because he was afraid there would be anaccident. Several runaways resulted from the enforce-ment of the ordinance, and one motorman said he couldntsleep because he imagined himself ringing his gong. BRISTOL TRAMWAYS OPENING. In our November issue we published a detailed accountof the new electric line of the Bristol, England, Tram-ways. Some idea of the interest taken by the Bristolpopulace can be obtained from a glance at the accompany-. A ROUSING WELCOME. ing photograph which was taken on the day of theformal opening. For the present, at least, the Bristolcompany does not seem to need any artificial attractionto induce travel. The simple novelty of the electric roadattracts a bigger crowd than any pleasure resort anAmerican manager could devise. We are indebted forthe illustration to the Railway World of London. CUT TIME AND FARE. Adoption of electric traction by the Chicago City Rail-way Company has caused several steam roads to lowertheir fares and shorten their running time to suburbanpoints. The points affected are about 50 minutes bystreet car from the center of the city, while the runningtime of the steam roads was 30 minutes and double therate of fare charged by the street railways. Additionaltrains have been put on between these points by thesteam roads, which do not stop at all stations, so thatquicker time can be made. These efforts on the part ofthe steam roads are not likely
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