. The street railway review . - towardscompletion. Grading on the inlerurban line hasbegun. To accomplish the interurban transit sooner, thenovel idea of a ferry has been put into use. Withina few months street cars from Superior will be runningon Duluth lines and Duluth cars will do the same thingon Superior lines. The boat is to be built after themodel of the famous ice crusher, St. Ignace, only ona smaller scale, and will run regular trips, winter andsummer alike. The plans and specifications for thisboat have already been prepared, it is said, and sub-mitted to the officers of both street
. The street railway review . - towardscompletion. Grading on the inlerurban line hasbegun. To accomplish the interurban transit sooner, thenovel idea of a ferry has been put into use. Withina few months street cars from Superior will be runningon Duluth lines and Duluth cars will do the same thingon Superior lines. The boat is to be built after themodel of the famous ice crusher, St. Ignace, only ona smaller scale, and will run regular trips, winter andsummer alike. The plans and specifications for thisboat have already been prepared, it is said, and sub-mitted to the officers of both street railway boat will have accommodations for a number ofvehicles and also foot passengers. Passengers leavingthe Spaulding house, in Duluth, can be landed at theWest Superior hotel inside of twenty-five minutes. George H. Wheeler, president Chicago City Rail-way Company, is absent on an enjoyable trip in the Eastand is the guest of the president of Monmouth Park. 458. 6-7 per cent; increase in expenses 9-5 per cent, anddecrease in net earnings i-6 per cent. The above istaken from Duncans Tramway Manual, just issued. After a long discussing, the Paris Conseil Municipalhas voted the concession to Mons. Berlier for the esta-blishment of an underground tubular electric tramway,proceeding from the Bois de Boulogne to Vincennes. London Tramwa}- shares have a poor showing forthe past few months, owing to the scarcity of fodder andgrain. The London Trade and Finance Journal advo-cates electric cars and severely scores the foolish objec-tions that have been raised to the employment of theTrolley. The Birmingham Central Tramways Company havejust placed an order for 600 Epstein cells, with theMidlands branch of Messrs. Woodhouse and Rawson,United, Limited, at the Minories, Birmingham, the cellsbeing for use upon their important electric car route inthat city. In England, the municipalities own about 30 tramwayundertakings out of 158, or about 250 miles out of
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