. The street railway review . aoo Street Railroad Compain, ofCliicago, has just inaclc an addition to theirsystem which, althou<;h a eoniparatively smallpart of the entire ]ilant. is in itself of such sizeas to warrant mention. When the North Chicago Street Railway Co. wasacquired hv the Philadelphia syndicate and Mr. C. T.^erkes was installed as president, active steps were atonce taken towards the construction of an extensive cablesvsteni, to replace that which had been operated by horses But there was only a very deaf ear to their communica-tions. Steadily the dissatisfaction increased,
. The street railway review . aoo Street Railroad Compain, ofCliicago, has just inaclc an addition to theirsystem which, althou<;h a eoniparatively smallpart of the entire ]ilant. is in itself of such sizeas to warrant mention. When the North Chicago Street Railway Co. wasacquired hv the Philadelphia syndicate and Mr. C. T.^erkes was installed as president, active steps were atonce taken towards the construction of an extensive cablesvsteni, to replace that which had been operated by horses But there was only a very deaf ear to their communica-tions. Steadily the dissatisfaction increased, until alonfrthe entire length of the street there were demands madefor the cable. They wanted it and would ha\e it. Sothe problem having worked itself out, it transpired thatin May there was great rejoicing on Clybourn avenue, andcity officials attended and the street was filled from oneend to the other with people anxious to celebrate theinaugural of the new cable road. The track construction on the Chbourn a\emie line is of. or nearly thirty years. Among the lines so proposed tochange, was Clybourn a\enue, a business street with somemanufacturing in the upper stories, but occupied for themost part as flats and tenements above the first population is almost entirely foreign and verydensely packed, and as the line was one largely patron-ized, the company were glad to substitute mechanicalpower for horses. But one old fossil stirred up a strong-sentiment and in a few days had worked up such a feel-ing in this Western Europe that Mr. Yerkes changed theplans as originally proposed and cabled another streetinstead. As time went on and the people on the streetwatched the business increase, and noted the great advan-tages reaped by the occupants of property where thecable leached, they began to repent, and to send word tothe company they would withdraw their opposition. the same general character as formerly built by this com-panv, but has two new features, one of which is
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