. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. Omnibus Line. The first system of transportation in SaintLouis was the omnibus line. This was started in1843 l^y Captain Calvin Case and I\Ir. ErastusWells, then a young man, the line being calledCase and Wells. The route lay from the cornerof Washington Avenue and Third Street, north onThird to Bacherlors Grove, near what is nowPalm Street. The running ^ear of this omnibus SAINT LOUIS 11 was made for the United States Government, fortransportation across the plains, and the body by awagon maker on N. Second Street. Subsequentlymore busses we
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. Omnibus Line. The first system of transportation in SaintLouis was the omnibus line. This was started in1843 l^y Captain Calvin Case and I\Ir. ErastusWells, then a young man, the line being calledCase and Wells. The route lay from the cornerof Washington Avenue and Third Street, north onThird to Bacherlors Grove, near what is nowPalm Street. The running ^ear of this omnibus SAINT LOUIS 11 was made for the United States Government, fortransportation across the plains, and the body by awagon maker on N. Second Street. Subsequentlymore busses were added, and the southern termi-nus of the line was at the National Hotel, at Thirdand Market Streets. Later Case and Wells sold toRobert Alac OBlennis. Several lines were estab-lished with about ninety omnibusses and four hun-dred and fifty horses. After the bus hue was nolonger adequate, the horse car was Horse Car Line. This was introduced in 1859 when the MissouriRailway Company was organized, Erastus Wellsbeing the originator and the first president of thecompany. Tracks were laid on Olive street, be-tween Fourth and Twelfth Streets, and in JulyMr. Wells drove the first car over what has de-veloped into one of the best systems in the UnitedStates. 12 SAINT LOUIS The Peoples Railway, with Robert ]\I. Renick,President, and Citizens Railway, B. Gratz Brown,(afterwards. Governor) President, were also orga-nized in 1859. In 1885 the cable system was introduced, andin July 1887 the Lindell Railway Company made apersistent but fruitless eiTort to operate a car withstorage battery, but after a few months of deter-mined work, abandoned it. In March 1890 the UnionDepot line operated the first overhead electric last horse car to be used in Saint Louis was onJefferson x^venue, in January 1896. •c^ 1 Jiirlll^^BS ^^^.^glSlSl|Bi. amfm^mmmmmm^t^^ Pay as You Enter Line. In 1899 ^11 t^^ li
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