. The street railway review . is to tender a public reception to the Balti-more capitalists who recently organized the Knoxville TractionCompany and consolidated the railway, electric light and powerinterests in that city. 55G ^tlM,%Axvai\%leW A PROMINENT STREET RAILWAY MAN. Hon. Eflwani T. Shaw, treasurer and receiver-general i>tMassacliusetts, lias long been an entlinslastic advocate of eketrie interurban railways, and it is largely through his effortsthat recent progress in this line in Eastern Massachusetts isdue. The present development of electric railway interests inXew Englan
. The street railway review . is to tender a public reception to the Balti-more capitalists who recently organized the Knoxville TractionCompany and consolidated the railway, electric light and powerinterests in that city. 55G ^tlM,%Axvai\%leW A PROMINENT STREET RAILWAY MAN. Hon. Eflwani T. Shaw, treasurer and receiver-general i>tMassacliusetts, lias long been an entlinslastic advocate of eketrie interurban railways, and it is largely through his effortsthat recent progress in this line in Eastern Massachusetts isdue. The present development of electric railway interests inXew England exceeds the most sanguine expectations of mostmen, but it is only the fulfillment of the predictions of . Mr. Shaw has been and is now interested in a large number ofinterurban roads, and through the firm of J. V. Shaw & ofwhich he is a member, has helped to build many of them. Dur-ing the past year this firm built the road connecting Fall River,Mass., and Newport, R. I.; that from Taynton, Mass., to Provi-. dence, and connecting with tlu- Krockton. Kridgewater & Taunton, giving a 3S-mile ride without change of ears; the Salem& Wakefield line, connecting Salem with Wakefield, for , Boston, etc.; and the Southbridge. Marlborough andFranunghani road, connecting at Marlborough witli the Worces-ter & Marlborough Ibuilt last year) and making a linefrom Framingham to Worcester. At the present time one may take electric cars at Newbury-port, Mass., and ride to Nashua, N. H., Boston. Brockton. Taun-ton, or to Providence, Fall River, Newport. R. I., New Nantasket Beach. In fact, one can ride a whole day on tlieelectric cars in Massachusetts making but few changes. Mr. Shaw says of the industry: T know of nothing that givesanywhere near as much for the money spent as the electricrailway gives its patrons. STERLING SUPPLY & MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY. The Sterling Supply & Manufacturing roiiipany. New York, ofwhich J. H. Carson is the progressive
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