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Ford to test gasoline street car in Detroit Chicago race planned
Ford has completed four engines at Dearborn and will install one in a car for a public test within a week. He plans a race with Michigan Central trains and argues a gasoline street car could cut city power costs, operate reliably in storms, and undercut electric street cars in cost and weight.
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C. Lyon
Detroit
Mich
Ford
Henry Ford
Henry
Ford Farm Tractor
Dearborn
Michigan Central Railroad
Chicago
Michigan Central
Kuhlman Car Co
Cleveland