Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30
HORSES TOO SLOW
To Suit Modern Ideas of Travel, and
They Must Go to the Rear or
TO THE MUNICIPAL SHINDERY.
Sketches of the Horse Railroads and the
Evolution Therefrom Of
THE NEW SYSTEM OF RAPID TRANSIT

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A rapid transit boom has struck Fits
burg with unprecedented violence, and
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scnemes tnat nave oeen cnar'eleu' Pf'Jeo.eu
ana talked ABOUT IN less oennlle way tnas
| there is q dearth of streets to accommodate
| them all. and it is seriously contemplated to
| orsn NM a rruhsr of new ones tn sunnlv the
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hapio transit ls al flgnt, put 'nelc
| danger OF OVERRIDING 1t, to say nothing OF In
| conveniencing the public by establishing
lines where thew are not necessary and
vorId h. q, tha nav of ;mnrovement This
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suPeraounoanoe Vi soou snS
some cases, cost more tnan IL amocnVeo 70.
The ambition to be identifed with rapid transit
OF the business should not be overlooked as
too many COOKS spoh the oroln, 80 700 muen oA
rapid transit might enoanger oiVioenuS anu IN
voive financial trouble. True enough tne ci.y
| is growing and travel increasing, out scarcely
in ratio corresponding TO the NUMBER Oh
projects Tor handling 1t. WIN RAPID transit
on every street and some OF tine alleys' as pro-
posed, 1t seems douptiul tnere VIII oe
enough patronage 1or all, IN Wnlcn case Ine
weakest would go to the wall. Inus money
wouio Do neediessiy "asteu, snu poSsipi! Eooa
intenEons nlpped III tne puo'
But on tne otner nano, SONS gooo misnt
come OF tnus croWoing the market ny assisting
to open up tniniy settieo oistricts ana py re,
ouclng lares 70 very low point WINCH "ouiu i
not oe an unniAeu evii, anu tne peopae oou.u
slanu ~ Il lne eompauiee oouu, ~ sS
De naru On tnose wno hurniSneu 'ne SA'n w
make 10" iares possipie
Inc Doom VIII pronapiy run its course, nnA|
ever tna' may pe, win vi "i1nuuS ~
puI, N tne ~ e1nti. ~ % u T-,o
70 reserve tew u .ne So.. % : =. oes
ana Diam ono, IN INlspuig' anu 1siuse venue,
Alegneny, 30 as 70 nave unrest,io.eu aooeoe,o
tne rurai regions ana "nere peuessriAns coulu
promenaoe ano norsemen eHnloa 'ne ps.es =.
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In tnls connecton snors sAetcn oi 'ne eNo-
luton OF RAPID transit from tne coacn anu
morse car 70 tracuon anu eiect,ic roaus may pe
interesting. ncoven Perlou u ICES man .O
years. Ane nls' e.fees oei nne ~ mses VI 'no
Auegneny mountsns was sne Ci.,1ens' ~
was esSapisneo apous lou WIN Ne.uSutet
tne nImlngnam nne. W. M aiisi was tne
avenue iine' Son''i uoUeu ~,vuS .'o'' nau "-oA
mas recently Deen ABSORBED py tne rnsn ave
nue. araction company Ane originai rou'e
terminsbeo at oakiana. q. Y. sawyer Was tne
nrst FresioenI ADout inc eame 'iine INC
Mancneseer nne was . s.ai 'eu. Ase Iouse was
aiong neoecca Stfee~ Ing neAt ,ou'uAo "He
tne Wyne avenue nne 70 hAinersvne' q.
FonoWlng TINS, IN tne carry s1ues' was Ine
Troy hni hne' Oh which Oominouore Aounl1
was the nrst PRESIDENT Mex. on tne nss was
'ne fieAnt .Hao5 ~ ,,,i,,s NV
opera'ion aoous Ao'A' WIN "Aia" nooio@iy
as Fresleent. 1nen, year VI s"o ta.ei, cams
the cunningham snort LINE, Oh "nicn ADram
Garrison was the nrss PRESIDENT. Inc next
was the second avenue nne 70 hazeiwooo-
James T. rswce.s was INC nIss ITI rresiIen.'
1hen' last oi tne olu uhes, oSmT sne ese Emu,
or 1empeianesfnie' VI "nien 'onn ourns was
tne urst FresioenI
All of these roads were prosperous and made
money for the stockholders. Three of them
have been reorganized and adopted the cable
system, and one, the Pleasant Valley, will soon
discard horses for electricity. The rest will
join the procession in due season, as the word
has been passed along the lines that horses
must 60.
80
The business feature of the week was q sur
prising panic in oil on Monday, which sent the
price up from SS& to 81 O3 in about Is minutes,
from which it as quickly dropped ten points,
saving the shorts from disaster, and the
adoption of the plan for trading in futures.
The market closed steady. Stocks were gen.
orally weak and neglected, the total sales being
1854 shares Real estate opened dull but i'm
proved later on and closed fairly active. The
number of deeds recorded were zig, represent
ing s3sl, ,43I
The number of building permits issued was
Al. and the estimated value slOl. 40. The
largest. slI. 600 was for Father Sheedy,s school