. The street railway review . MISS CONSTANCE CRIMMINS. It is not strange, then, that the ponderous machineryof the Broadway cable railway in New York City shouldreceive its first marching orders on January 31, 1893,from the hands of Constance Crimmins, the ten-year-olddaughter of President John D. Crimmins, of the Met-ropolitan Traction Company. Litde Constance, dressedas she appears in our engraving and accompanied by herelder sister and in the presence of many representativesof the company and city press, turned with her ownhands the wheel that for the first time started Broadwayscable on it
. The street railway review . MISS CONSTANCE CRIMMINS. It is not strange, then, that the ponderous machineryof the Broadway cable railway in New York City shouldreceive its first marching orders on January 31, 1893,from the hands of Constance Crimmins, the ten-year-olddaughter of President John D. Crimmins, of the Met-ropolitan Traction Company. Litde Constance, dressedas she appears in our engraving and accompanied by herelder sister and in the presence of many representativesof the company and city press, turned with her ownhands the wheel that for the first time started Broadwayscable on its endless and tireless trip. The test washighly satisfactory and before many days both powerhouses will be ready to begin operations. The completesubjugation of gigantic mechanical forces was scarcelyever better illustrated. 162 A FARE FREAK. THE Islington Gazette funny man in his own dear,drear), English, funny way, says: That tram-carsshould be provided with money-boxes for passen-gers to put their pence in. The other night
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