. The street railway review . R. GREENE,SecretarN. C. PENINGTON,Treasurer. M. K. BOWEN,SuperintendcDl. on Cottage Grove avenue to Thirty-ninth. It was notentered into as an experiment, but as if success was amatter of course, although it was the first road of thekind designed for heavy traffic and cold winters. Boththe City Railway and the street railway fraternity havereason to be thankful for this bold step. The first cabletrain in Chicago was run on the occasion of the openingof the road in January, 1882. It consisted of ten carsdrawn by a single grip and carrying 1,000 opened
. The street railway review . R. GREENE,SecretarN. C. PENINGTON,Treasurer. M. K. BOWEN,SuperintendcDl. on Cottage Grove avenue to Thirty-ninth. It was notentered into as an experiment, but as if success was amatter of course, although it was the first road of thekind designed for heavy traffic and cold winters. Boththe City Railway and the street railway fraternity havereason to be thankful for this bold step. The first cabletrain in Chicago was run on the occasion of the openingof the road in January, 1882. It consisted of ten carsdrawn by a single grip and carrying 1,000 opened a new era in Chicagos local the original lines were started they have beenextended—the State street to Sixty-third and the CottageGrove to Jackson Park and Oakwoods. The mostimportant change recently made by the City Railway isthe adoption of electricity on its feeder lines, whichchange is now being completed. The officers are:President, Geo. II. Wheeler; vice-president James ; treasurer, Thomas
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