. The street railway review . Street Railway was invited to come intothe fold but regarded it as better policy to remain pro rata for the different component companies willbe on the basis of the earnings for the past five Market Street Company will predominate, eight outof ten. Extensions will be made on the entire system. Fewercars will be run on parallel lines, but the time will be soarranged that the headway will be three minutes. The officers of the San Francisco Cable CompaniesConsolidated are: H. E. Huntington, president; J. , secretary, and M. Haley, superinte
. The street railway review . Street Railway was invited to come intothe fold but regarded it as better policy to remain pro rata for the different component companies willbe on the basis of the earnings for the past five Market Street Company will predominate, eight outof ten. Extensions will be made on the entire system. Fewercars will be run on parallel lines, but the time will be soarranged that the headway will be three minutes. The officers of the San Francisco Cable CompaniesConsolidated are: H. E. Huntington, president; J. , secretary, and M. Haley, superintendent. Om) Party.—What dye blow that dinged whistle — To start the car, sir. PAI<T^•. see, have to scare them horses to make em go.—Puck. «-4 T (^^licct J\aiWav j^yic\/ CABLE ROAD SWITCH. *HE accompanying illustration shows a patent of Colam, of London, on a cable tramway switch,arranged to make it impossible to turn the slot and. the track switch in opposite directions. An inspection ofof the drawing will fully explain the working. THE FUNNY STAR. 1 mbl ^^HL,!^^ TO^cfi^Dmr^..,^ J^l/ T^m^^^ T F Kansas City is more proud of one thing thanI another, this self-gratulation centers on its fine rapidA transit facilities. One day lately, the Kansas CityStar editor saw the accompanjing pretty picture perpe-trated, after a bad night, by the New York Heraldsobituary editor. The Star man unwound as follows:—This monster, sliown in the accompanying illustration, reproduced from theNew York Herald, is apicture of a Broadway-cable car in use in thatcity. There seems tobe criminal ignoranceor carelessness in per-mitting such a ferociousvariety of a cable car tobe used in a civilizedcity. How can Ameri-cans consent to allow their wives and children to to the necessity of meeting and even employingsuch an untamed steed .■ There are tame cable cars wliich New York mightprocure, handsome, useful conve} ances, pleas
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