. The Street railway journal . Hamilton i:, small in area and thickly settled. Its en-tire local street railway system is but eleven miles inlength (single track basir.), and its longest line is but. THE CITY OF HAMILTON. the surrounding country seem veiy much like an English three miles. The three principal business streets are county seat, and the impression is heightened by several James, York and King Streets, all of which are well fine private resfdehces located in wooded parks within the served by the company, which also runs a loop line to city limits, and by the busy markets held; jn t
. The Street railway journal . Hamilton i:, small in area and thickly settled. Its en-tire local street railway system is but eleven miles inlength (single track basir.), and its longest line is but. THE CITY OF HAMILTON. the surrounding country seem veiy much like an English three miles. The three principal business streets are county seat, and the impression is heightened by several James, York and King Streets, all of which are well fine private resfdehces located in wooded parks within the served by the company, which also runs a loop line to city limits, and by the busy markets held; jn the; early the west of James Street and a line to the racecourse—a morning near the well known Gore, a pretty triangu- racecourse claimed to be the finest in America—to the lar park formed by York, James and King Streets. ■. east. Around this (iore are found the finest buildings of the Tlie companys franchises expire on December 22, city, including the Bank of ISritish North America, the 191,1, at whicli time and at the expiration of every five offices of the Canada Life Assurance Company, the Bo^t Acar period thereafter, the city of H imilton m:iy, up 11 36 THE STREET RAILWAY TOURNAL SO
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