. The street railway review . attendance to the speed and comfort with whichthe necessary journey is made. The former occupant of the tene-ment house no longer needs to live at the threshold of the fac-tory or shop. The street railway has extended the time limit tothe little cottage in the suburbs, and it has made the real estateman wonder if he really had an occupation in times gone by. Infact the city of to-day is as unlike its former self as is the streetrailway little akin, in construction, equipment and operation, toits predecessor. And paralysis is a mild form to signify the con-dition i
. The street railway review . attendance to the speed and comfort with whichthe necessary journey is made. The former occupant of the tene-ment house no longer needs to live at the threshold of the fac-tory or shop. The street railway has extended the time limit tothe little cottage in the suburbs, and it has made the real estateman wonder if he really had an occupation in times gone by. Infact the city of to-day is as unlike its former self as is the streetrailway little akin, in construction, equipment and operation, toits predecessor. And paralysis is a mild form to signify the con-dition into which the city is plunged by misfortunes that stop therevolution of its car wheels. Then is realized how great a partthe street car has in all the affairs of city existence; then in mockcontrition we remember and retract the ugly words which in mo-ments of unguarded impatience we uttered concerning vehiclesand men whom we would welcome now with gladsome smile;then indeed does the stone which the builders had rejected be-. ROBERT Mc CULLOCH. come the head of the corner; then we realize that in our pros-perity, men may come and men may go, but the street railwaygoes on for ever. The labor and care and watchfulness of thosewho give it life and vigor and usefulness do not cease with theturning of the key in the door of the factory or shop or ware-house; their days are all of twenty-four hours duration; in sun-shine and in storm, when the world sleeps or is in turmoil, theirduties are equally exacting; in their lists is no place for the lag-gard, nor for him who does not always place the performance ofduty first before thought of self. The street railway has not hesitated in its progressive marchat the line marking the border of the city, it has made an allhands round for the adjoining villages and settlements, andlinked them in a community of interest, it has driven the steamroad ignominiously from the field of short traffic, and, with a cour-ageous confidence and irrepressible
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