. The street railway review . ll, Charles F. Ilsley and Walter S. Johnson, all well known names in the Mil-waukee of to-day, and each leaving to the city a greater legacy in business enterprise anddevelopment than perhaps any other set of contemporaneous business men. The capitalstock was set at twice that of the acquired company, namely, at $100,000. W. S. Johnsonbecame manager of the new corporation, and the routes given by ordinance variously modi-fied to suit the increasing size and importance of the city. Isaac Ellsworth became owner ofthe Milwaukee Citys rights and properties in 1869. Ex
. The street railway review . ll, Charles F. Ilsley and Walter S. Johnson, all well known names in the Mil-waukee of to-day, and each leaving to the city a greater legacy in business enterprise anddevelopment than perhaps any other set of contemporaneous business men. The capitalstock was set at twice that of the acquired company, namely, at $100,000. W. S. Johnsonbecame manager of the new corporation, and the routes given by ordinance variously modi-fied to suit the increasing size and importance of the city. Isaac Ellsworth became owner ofthe Milwaukee Citys rights and properties in 1869. Extensions for the next few years were neither numerous nor rapidly pushed, andnot until 1875 did the street railway building attempt to keep pace with the necessities ofthe case. Between 1875 and 1881, however, a number of fines were built, including thedouble tracking of the National Avenue Line and the betterment of existing routes. Duringthese years tracks were removed from Ferry, South Water, Florida and Greenbush St IflJsJS <^IJwd^v\ai{¥/Jajfi}^ 531 In the autumn of 1881 Peter McGeogh took the reins of the Milwaukee StreetRailway, as owner and manager. With commendable enterprise and public spirit, began at once the making of the system what it is to-day. He extended theNational Avenue Line to National Park, the Walnut Street Line to the city hmits and theThird and Eighth Street Lines to the north boundary of the municipality, besides buildingseveral other lines outright. Under the improvements the value of the road rapidly appre-ciated and became known to eastern capitalists. On December i, 1888, Wall street menbecame owners, buying the property at $1,500,000. In August, 1890, the Villard syndicatebecame the owners, uniting it with THE CREAM CITV LINE, which was incorporated in 1874, •^^ leafy month of June, by F. B. Van Valkenburg,Jas. B. Turck, J. B. Hoes, Ed. C. Wall and H. S. Mark. Taking up the streets aban-doned by the Milwaukee City Compan
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