Image: Image from page 104 of "The street railway review" (1891)

Description: Identifier: streetrailwayrev12amer Title: The street railway review Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association Subjects: Street-railroads Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ure to tin- city both financially amiallj I • municipality acquired tin- horse tram • ... - i.hi,, il decided that tl ■ pet in and the underground trolley system wlly adopted althoI out at that time th ■ abandoned ■ di for about $3,000,000, Ian the(0,000 and theA num) have tin- nam -pay tl. • I ...In- li The accompanying illustration is from a photograph which wasreceived through the courtesy of Mr. Frank E. Scovill, superin-tendent of the Austin Rapid transit Ry., and was taken at Austinat the time President McKinley passed through that city on Instrip to California. On that occasion he was entertained at Austinfor about six hours, in which time he made one speech at the Stat.University and another at the Capitol, where the ladie- ol Vustinentertained the ladies of the Presidential party. 1 he photograph shows Joseph D. Sayers, governor bi 1exas,with Mr. McKinley, and was taken at the foot of the Capitol walk.I he city was handsomely decorated, and as Mr. McKinley was the Text Appearing After Image: McKINI.ICY AT AUSTIN, TEX. first president to visit it, the entire countrj tributarj to Austinturned out to do him honor. The arch shown in the picture waserected at the toot of the Capitol walk and in the circle above werethe words Our President shown in electric light-, while at thedepot there was an arch oi the same size and style containing tin-words Welcome to Austin on one side. Lhe reverse was inelectric lights spelling the words An revoii Everj pan wire onthe line oi the Vustin Rapid Iransit Ry. foi 12 block on 1 ongressVve. supported a row oi 15 incandescent lamp- and there wen fouiflags between each two suspension poles, the latter being handsomelydecot ated. STREET RAILWAY ACTIVITY IN CANADA. The Canadian Legislature has recently hern asked to charter 1,046 mill ol track by u diffei ei panies [hi 1 | in in. I the panii 1 tei e ted extends from 1 wall to Windsor and it all the line were built then would bi a continuous lim between these tw 1 1 t- with thi - eption ol on GIi Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Image from page 104 of "The street railway review" (1891)
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