. The street railway review . all conditions,and to be inexpensive. GREASED THE WRONG END. I wish you would make sure of catching the 10:45 atthe depot, said the fat man to the conductor, tippinghim a half dollar at the same time. Going forward tohis motorman the conductor said: Here, Billy, this gentleman wants to catch the 10:45at the station. The motorman, who had seen the coin change hands,only answered with a grunt. They arrived just in time to see the 10:45 leaving theplatform. In a towering passion the fat man went to the motor-man and shouted: Werent you told to catch the 10:45 train?
. The street railway review . all conditions,and to be inexpensive. GREASED THE WRONG END. I wish you would make sure of catching the 10:45 atthe depot, said the fat man to the conductor, tippinghim a half dollar at the same time. Going forward tohis motorman the conductor said: Here, Billy, this gentleman wants to catch the 10:45at the station. The motorman, who had seen the coin change hands,only answered with a grunt. They arrived just in time to see the 10:45 leaving theplatform. In a towering passion the fat man went to the motor-man and shouted: Werent you told to catch the 10:45 train? Leisurely removing the controller handle for thereturn trip, the motorman, with a solemn wink, replied:- Yes, sir, but you greased the wrong end of the car. There are microbes on the car seats, There are germs upon the straps;I canl stand upon the platform, Nor sit on young mens laps;Cant afford to buy a carriage, Nor to ride a bike in bloo-Mers. But if I was wealthy,— What can a poor girl do ? (^>tic€tj\cuWa^5^e^^ 447. W. II. Sills & Co., dealers in insulating mica at Chicago,have failed. M. A. Cooledge, of Fitchburg, Mass., has received thecontract to build the Amherst & .Sunderland Elecric Railway. The Taunton Locomotive Works has recently delivered abig sprinkler to the Athol & Orange, Mass., Street RailwayCompany. The Steel Motor Company is daily adding to its list ofemployes at Johnstown, and now has over 400 with all thework they can do. The C. & G. Cooper Company, Mt. Vernon, O., is install-ing a fine 400-horse-power Corliss for the SouthwestMissouri Electric, at Webb City, Mo. Macartney, McElroy & Co., of New York, have beenawarded the contract to construct the first 12-mile section ofthe Hamilton, Ont., Radial Electric Railway. J. N. Alsup, of Owensboro, Ky., has been awarded thecontract to construct and equip the Clarksville, Tenn., Elec-tric Street Railway. Rails and cars have been purchased. The Clonbrock Steam Boiler Works, Brooklyn, are verybusy at present
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