. The street railway review . llected quite a crowd of spec-tators, whose numbers had steadily augmented until about 3,000 peo-ple surrounded the stalled car. When the fresh start was madesome of the derisive ones who had gathered on the track in frontof the car were almost bowled over but happily escaped, and thewhole procession commenced a mad race after the Hying car. Some <|;;tancc beyond this there was a sleep hill, at the foot ofwhich Mr. Sprague brought the car to a standstill. Mr. Sprague-ted the car could never mount the hill, hut Manager Burt,whose enthusiasm had been fired by the
. The street railway review . llected quite a crowd of spec-tators, whose numbers had steadily augmented until about 3,000 peo-ple surrounded the stalled car. When the fresh start was madesome of the derisive ones who had gathered on the track in frontof the car were almost bowled over but happily escaped, and thewhole procession commenced a mad race after the Hying car. Some <|;;tancc beyond this there was a sleep hill, at the foot ofwhich Mr. Sprague brought the car to a standstill. Mr. Sprague-ted the car could never mount the hill, hut Manager Burt,whose enthusiasm had been fired by the recent burst of speed, de-clared they could certainly make it and gave the signal to let hergo. This and several other hills were mastered until the car finallyreached the steepest grade in the city. Here Mr. Sprague knewloo well the end of the ride was reached. Everything underneaththe car was in bad shape, and as a last chance he stopped the carin the hopes that the motors might cool down. To his intense relief a() c — c — c c— d J§ c c (J l„l«r<« \^J itiMkk | viM Ma. « HI | «.. c *.». c MsM c c nMan 0 c *.,.• 0 0 ,..,... c- c-c- O . o~ C) c~ o c c c 0 c co of Buffalo, shows the scheme of organization recently put in effectthere. The diagram is self-explanatory when it is noted that thesolid lines indicates the direct line of report and the dotted linesindirect lines of report which may be necessary when emergenciesarise. Where a department head has an assistant the latter officeis indicated by a portion of a circle attached to the circle represent-ing the principal officer. • * » INCIDENTS AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRSTTROLLEY ROAD. In a serial article on the captains of industry who attended a din-ner given in honor of Prince Henry, the Saturday Evening Postgives an interesting description of Mr. Frank J. Sprague whenstarting his first trolley road in Richmond, Va. While the storyof the Richmond road has been very frequently told, some
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