. The street railway review . - tracks below, striking onhis head. He was undoubtedly killed by the fall ratherthan by the shock, as the resistance of the water in theflume must have been considerable. This business ofsmall boys playing with electric wires is getting entirelytoo common. It is impossible to get wires be3ond thereach of those who are determined to get at them, andthe only remedy seems to be an application of theparental slipper. The Consolidated was exonerated ofall blame in this INTERIOR — PALACE STREET CAR. (^tikt9^aiWa^ii^A^^ 725 NEW PLANT OF THE CHICAGO GENERALRAILWAY
. The street railway review . - tracks below, striking onhis head. He was undoubtedly killed by the fall ratherthan by the shock, as the resistance of the water in theflume must have been considerable. This business ofsmall boys playing with electric wires is getting entirelytoo common. It is impossible to get wires be3ond thereach of those who are determined to get at them, andthe only remedy seems to be an application of theparental slipper. The Consolidated was exonerated ofall blame in this INTERIOR — PALACE STREET CAR. (^tikt9^aiWa^ii^A^^ 725 NEW PLANT OF THE CHICAGO GENERALRAILWAY. The most important electric railway work being donein Chicago this fall, exclusive of the changing over fromhorses to electricity of the three great systems whichhave held sway on the north, west and south sides formany years, is the new plant of the Chicago GeneralRailway, a company that has extensive franchises in the southwest part of the city and which has been operatingfour miles of line on west Twenty-second street for overa year. The line now running has proved to be aremarkably paying one as was noted in a previous issue ofthe Review. It is simply a crosstown line and has nodowntown connection as yet. The traffic is at presentrestricted by the limited output of a temporary powerplant. With the erection of the power house and carbarns here described and the building of several more CAR HOUSE, REPAIR SHOPS ANDPOWER PLANT OF THECHICAGO GENERAL RAILWAY CO. DESIGNED BY C L BONNEY VR STE
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