. History of the West End street railway, in which is included sketches of the early street railway of Boston- consolidation of the various lines- foreign street railways- the Berlin viaduct- anecdotes, etc., together with speeches by President Henry M. Whitney, and others. Also, expert testimony as to the safety of electric . ines extend. The increasein the number of passengers carried by the Metropolitan alone in thelast ten years has been from 22,000,000 in 1876 to over 40,000,000in 1886, and during that year the roads now to be consolidated car-ried over 86,000,000 of passengers
. History of the West End street railway, in which is included sketches of the early street railway of Boston- consolidation of the various lines- foreign street railways- the Berlin viaduct- anecdotes, etc., together with speeches by President Henry M. Whitney, and others. Also, expert testimony as to the safety of electric . ines extend. The increasein the number of passengers carried by the Metropolitan alone in thelast ten years has been from 22,000,000 in 1876 to over 40,000,000in 1886, and during that year the roads now to be consolidated car-ried over 86,000,000 of passengers. The increase for the last threeyears on the Metropolitan has been very nearly 3,000,000 each year,and so far this year (1887) has exceeded those proportions. Con-ceive for one moment the vast number with this increase alone thatthis new company will have to accommodate. Although Mr. Richards might naturally be supposed as unwillingto yield his important official position as President of the Metropol-itan road, there is nothing in his written or oral opinions on thesubject which do not express unqualified acquiescence in consolida-tion as the only means of solving the problem of better service, andkeen perception of the benefits which must accrue from placing the H _ O 1; i; ■/. I r O o V* ^ H r C ■ >: - k; -^ H C PI ■^. WEST END STREET RAILWAY. 2$ competing lines of railway under one sole management. His visionof the future under such a condition was not only prophetic, butmanifested in an eminent degree the soundness of his judgment andan unselfish purpose to adopt any measure looking to the welfare ofthe city and the growth of its magnificent suburbs. Regarding the character of the men who projected and carried toa successful issue this great scheme, there seems to have been nomisgiving on the part of Mr. Richards, as near the close of his letterof advice to the trustees, he says : Into whose hands will all this pass .-* What kind of men arethey . It will pass into
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