. The street railway review . electricalplant of the Detroit Citizens Railwayhas been presentedwith a silver tea set. The motorman on the ill fated Portland car that wentthrough the bridge into the Madison street draw has beenindicted for man-slaughter by the grand jury. The firstsuit for damages of this accident is froin C. F. Albee andthe demand is for $10,000 for the death of the Albeeboy, aged 14. There are sixty-four governments in the world grant-ing patents; to secure a patent in them all would cost$14,500. The Sunrise Club, composed of gentlemen con-nected with the Ansonia Electric Com
. The street railway review . electricalplant of the Detroit Citizens Railwayhas been presentedwith a silver tea set. The motorman on the ill fated Portland car that wentthrough the bridge into the Madison street draw has beenindicted for man-slaughter by the grand jury. The firstsuit for damages of this accident is froin C. F. Albee andthe demand is for $10,000 for the death of the Albeeboy, aged 14. There are sixty-four governments in the world grant-ing patents; to secure a patent in them all would cost$14,500. The Sunrise Club, composed of gentlemen con-nected with the Ansonia Electric Comyany, this city,recently gave a complimentary dinner at the UnionLeague Club, in honor of F. S. Terry. Toastmasterwas Col. George Carter, Clift Wise, the well known engineer, has openeda pleasant office at 1401 Monadnock building, Chicago,as western representative of the Complete Electric Con-struction Company, of New York City. A specialty ismade of railway contracting and Mr Wises many friendswelcome his return to A FEW FEATURES OF A CHICAGO STREET CAR. (j2m€«tj\ailvva^j^^ 807 PICTORIAL EVENTS OF THE MONTH. THE first snow storm of the season was a Novembersurprise, and the isothermal line running; throughChicago was a Thanksgiving treat to the smallboy and the liver}- stable man and a cold wet blanket onthe hopes of the street railway superintendent. Upthrough St. Paul and Minneapolis, and down east near thesea shore and mountains snow was an earlier comer. The electric snow plow and sweepers and the greaterprevalence of mechanical traction this winter, has lessenedthe perils of snow storms considerably. The horses,however, to use a British phrase, are distressed. Everywhere that the storm was taken in time therewas very little difficulty in keeping the lines open, butwhen two or three inches of sticky, wet snow had alreadymade its bed on the track trouble was experienced. Our artist has caught the effect of Mr. Suburban try-ing to get down town on a horse line o
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