. The Street railway journal . LEAVING SPRINGFIELD. SOME LONG GRADES, SHOWING REPAIR WORK DONE BYTHE COMPANY Company, was formed in a modest way. It has a capital stock of$50,000, of which $20,000 has been paid in for preferred was decided to experiment with very small cars at first overthe route from Springfield to Clifton, Cedarville and James-town, having populations respectively of about 500, 1500 and2500. The distance from Springfield to Jamestown is 22 miles,along a fairly level highway, which is in excellent conditionand built up with a good farming population. Service wasstart
. The Street railway journal . LEAVING SPRINGFIELD. SOME LONG GRADES, SHOWING REPAIR WORK DONE BYTHE COMPANY Company, was formed in a modest way. It has a capital stock of$50,000, of which $20,000 has been paid in for preferred was decided to experiment with very small cars at first overthe route from Springfield to Clifton, Cedarville and James-town, having populations respectively of about 500, 1500 and2500. The distance from Springfield to Jamestown is 22 miles,along a fairly level highway, which is in excellent conditionand built up with a good farming population. Service wasstarted about six weeks ago. The original investment was forthree cars at $2,200 each, a garage building and repair shop,for which an old building was remodeled at an expense of$1,000. In addition, the company spent about $1,200 in improv-ing the highway, filling in holes and low places with brokenstone and leveling and rolling the entire road. It made anagreement with the County Commissioners of the two countiesthrough which the route passes to spend
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