Word: railway
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...history of one selected railway system in the United States...
...following statement was given out from the offices of the Boston Elevated Railway Company yesterday afternoon...
...management of the Boston Elevated Railway Company expects to resume street-car service on the Boylston street bridge in Boston this morning, provided that the necessary permission to use the bridge shall have been granted by the appropriate public authorities...
...understood that the resumption of service will start with the early morning schedule. The re-opening of the bridge will greatly facilitate the handling of the crowds on Saturday, and, with the added service via Western avenue, will enable the street railway company to handle the traffic with some degree of celerity...
When a city buys over a railway or gas works from a private concern, all the money placed in the sinking fund is made up by taxation. If it happens that private gas works charge more than municipal gas works, the reason is generally because they are in less densely populated districts, where the cost of maintaining mains is greater, and the profit less. The profit of private corporations is spent in remunerating the capitalists and as management expenses. When buying their plants, the city has to raise a loan, and in so doing pledges not only its own money...