Pittsburg Streetcar Boom Transforms Transit in a Decade
A historical report traces Pittsburgh streetcar and traction growth from mule power to electric lines. It notes passenger totals swelling from under 3 million to over 10 million annually, major routes across Liberty Penn Sixth and Wood streets, and Citizens' and Pleasant Valley lines becoming key carriers with rising revenues and expanding networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timate
Pittsburg and
Birmingham
Birmingham Road
Pleasant Valley
Little Pleasant Valley
Transverse Railway
Lawrenceville
Citizens
Novel on Life in London and Egypt by Kipling
A serialized Kipling tale set in London and Egypt. interwoven scenes show characters Dick and Torpenhow amid delirium and fear. The excerpt blends dreamlike visions, battle with blindness, and vivid dialogue as they cope with darkness and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Egypt
Torpenhow
Dickie
Peng Ts
George
Torp
Desert
Nile
The Delta of Three Rivers and a Grand Street Car Chase
The author marvels at Pittsburgh’s complex streetcar system around Smithfield and Sixth Avenue. He describes looping routes, cross-cuts and busy exchanges where 26 cars whirl by in ten minutes on a crowded Saturday. He notes a fascination with the statistics of urban transit.
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Liberty Street
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Street
Pittsburg
Citizens
Station House
West End
Union
Troy Hill
Rebecca Street
Western Avenue
Union Depot
Three Rivers
Smithfield Street
Sixth Avenue
Birmingham
Federal Street
Ohio
Federa
Ohio Street
Troy
Harris
Streetcar Rivalries and Growth in Pittsburgh Transit
A reporter describes busy streetcar scenes at Sixth Avenue and Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh and analyzes 15 years of annual rail reports. The piece notes a surge in ridership, a cable and electric system revolution, and how the earliest lines, poor and weak financially, led growth while expanding to Allegheny suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burg
Department of Internal Affairs
Pittsburg
Cable and Electric
Allegheny
Holiday Gifts From Our Superb Stock
Our store offers a vast inexhaustible stock of beautiful and useful goods with many unique and exclusive items. The collection is artistic and superb, showing careful selection and aimed at helping you give better gifts this Holiday season.
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Bur
Great Credit House in Pittsburg Promotes Holiday Goods
The text touts a vast, varied line of Holiday Goods at the Great Credit House in Pittsburg. It claims the finest assortment and grades, appealing to every class of buyer and promising supplies to meet all local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Nottingham
Brussels
Madras
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Fifth Avenues
Grant Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wood Street
Fourth
Third Avenues
Wylie Avenue
Penn Avenue
Allens
Penn
Rens
Seventh Street
Boeing
Liberty
Seventh Streets
Central Traction
Fourth Avenue
Carnegie Hall
Federal
Ohio Streets
Citizens’ Railway
Oakland
Citizens’ Company
Central Railway
Federal and
Rudyard Kipling
India
Are
Transverse
Old City
Tory
Torpeohow
Tts
Torpenbow
Maisie
Liberty and
Post Office
Strance
Great Credit House
Minavy
Apuui
Hopper Bros. & CO
Wood Sr
Avesie
Wood ST
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