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Freight service on streetcars gains rail support
The Pennsylvania House votes by a large majority to permit freight on street railway cars. Proponents argue freight can move at passenger speeds, easing baggage and small freight delivery in cities. The piece also notes Frederick Douglass’s example of uplift and cites George E. Waring Jr’s street cleaning method of placing a man at the end of a broom.
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