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Last Street Car Rails Removed in 1950 La Crosse Project
La Crosse completed removal of all street car rails in 1950 in a city wide resurfacing program. A major storm sewer job in the southern area neared completion, with several streets receiving new safety lights. The resurfacing contract totaled 90,310 dollars for many streets including George to Livingston and Rose to Caledonia. Water main contracts topped 160,000 dollars, with the largest 9,237 dollars across the La Crosse river marsh from Myrick park to St Paul street. Street lighting and sanitary sewer work proceeded on multiple streets under subcontractors from Minnesota and Wisconsin firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Mathy Construction Co
George
Sill
Livingston
Copeland Avenue
la Crosse River Bridge
Monitor Street
St. Cloud
Rose
Caledonia
St James
Pearl
State
St. James
Rose Street
Johnson
South Avenue
Market
Farnam
Adams
West Avenue
Hood
Jackson
Mississippi
Cameron Avenue
Winnebago
Division
Tyler
Denton
Russ Hamre
Cass
Fifth Avenue
King
Sixth
Main
George McKoskey
la Crosse River
Myrick Park
St. Paul Street
Marsh
Phelps-Drake Co
Minneapolis
Hagar Street
Nedland- Alberg Co
Bemel
Kranc
McKoskey
Adams Street
21St Street
State Road
Harold Thill
22Nd Street
Johnson Streets
17Th Place
Mullen Electric Co
Appleton
Fourth
Third
Clinton
Seventh and State
Papenfuss Electric Co
Mathy
15Th
Horton
Weston
Green Bay
Burlington
21St
Hyde Avenue
East Avenue
Losey Boulevard
Kane
George Williams
Palace
Hager
Loomis
Moore
22Nd Drive
George Kathan
Barlow Street
21St Place
Chase Street
17Th Street
Barlow
Travis Streets