Identifier: streetrailwayrev09amer (find matches)
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

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cks for San Francisco. 120 for Havana. Cuba. 30 pair for the The Kansas City Lawrence & Topeka Railway Co. was organ-ized in September last under the laws of the state of Kansas, withan authorized capital of $2,000,000. The company has authorizedthe issue of $1,500,000 of 5 per cent first mortgage bonds. It haspurchased the Laurence & Emporia Ry., known as the Carbon-dale road, and also the Kansas City, Bonner Springs & Topekaroad, the Lawrence Street Car line and the East Side Circle Ry.,at Topeka. The line between Kansas City and Topeka will be 68miles in length and the company expects to make arrangementswith the Metropolitan road at Kansas City to use the latters tracksas an entrance to the city; also with the city line at Topeka forenrance to that city. It is now constructing the road the wholedistance between Kansas City and Topeka. The officers of thecompany are: President, Henry G. Pert, of Kansas City Mo.;vice-president. C. C. Baker, Topeka, Kan.; treasurer, W. A.
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Mcr-.UIRE LOCOMOTIVK FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. Australian Government, and finishing the order for 300 for theNorthwestern Elevated of Chicago, with smaller orders from everypart of this country. It is just closing up the largest snow plowbusiness the company has ever done in one year, with two orders.10 for Washington, D. C, and 15 for St. Louis, besides a largenumber of single orders, among them being one for Spokane.Wash., and one for Burlington, Vt. Plans are being prepared for an additional building to be addedto the McGuire plant this winter. It will cover the piece of groundon the corner of Kinzie and Morgan Sts., being 116 ft. on Morganby 166 ft. on Kinzie. This building will be five stories high anddevoted entirely to sweeper, electric locomotive, and sprinklerwoodwork. The McGuire company will introduce a new sprinklerthe coming year, which will be distinctive in design and construc-tion. It is to be equipped with sweeper as well as a sprinkler, whichfor traction purposes will

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