. The street railway review . n. Of course, at first a few Arabs werekilled by the trams, because an Arab takes some time tograsp the fact that the ting-ting of the bell is an imperativeinjunction for him to get out of the way. Only 20 have,however, been killed, which is a notable fact to the credit ofthe native motormen. The success of the trams is furtherattested by the fact that last year the number of licensesapplied for by ostahs or the drivers of hack carriages hasbeen decreased by one-third, and that the donkey boys havedecreased in like proportion—in some respects a regrctablefact. The
. The street railway review . n. Of course, at first a few Arabs werekilled by the trams, because an Arab takes some time tograsp the fact that the ting-ting of the bell is an imperativeinjunction for him to get out of the way. Only 20 have,however, been killed, which is a notable fact to the credit ofthe native motormen. The success of the trams is furtherattested by the fact that last year the number of licensesapplied for by ostahs or the drivers of hack carriages hasbeen decreased by one-third, and that the donkey boys havedecreased in like proportion—in some respects a regrctablefact. There is a further evidence of the popularity of theelectric trams in the projected tramway to the Pyramids, forwhich a concession has been granted by the Egyptian gov-ernment to the above named company. The tramway will be commenced in May, and it is an-ticipated that the cars will be running during the early partof the next year. It will be about seven miles long, andwill start from the Kaser-el-Nil bridge, whose poodle-like. KOAIJ TO TIIP. rVKAMlOS, WHICM Till. TRAMWAY WILL ,OVV. 318 (^!IJmi^if^^Ji)j^ lions wear an expression of idiotic complacenc), and will ter-minate at Mena House, the famous hotel near the estimated cost of the undertaking is $300,000. One ofthe little difficulties in the way of the undertaking is the nar-rowness of the bridge called the English bridge, in contradis-tinction to the Kaser-el-Nil bridge, which was built by theFrench. The company is required to build on the side ofthe existing bridges for the tram line and to construct asmall foot-way on the other side of the bridge for foot-passengers. The undertaking, however, presents no greatdifficulty, as the arm of the Nile crossed by the bridge is of
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