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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1893
Page
2
Time table in effect November 24 1890 lists route from Wen dercrift and Dunham's Mills to Garfield.
Tionesta Valley Railroad timetable taking effect May 11 1891 lists southward and northward trains with stops at Garfield Tiona Sheffield Barnes Brookston Wolf Run and Sheffield Junction. All trains connect at Sheffield with P. and E. R. BR and at Sheffield Junction with P. and W RR. Jerry Crary, Supt.
Special correspondence from Boston notes about twenty thousand carriage shops nationwide producing millions yearly. It traces a shift from small smithy workshops to large factories with machine aided wood and metal work. It details stages from body framing to painting and upholstering, and highlights fashion dictates for family, madam, gentleman, and youth riders.
The article describes the craft of setting bow tops and finishing on carriages, detailing leather work, cushions, and trimming. It lists price ranges for closed broughams, victorias, stanhope buggies, and traps, noting coaches can reach up to $2000–$3000. It maps major producing regions and cites prominent factories in New Haven Amesbury Cincinnati Chicago Buffalo and New York. G. P. Smira.
Special Correspondence from Cleveland notes a steady rise in Americans liking colorful exteriors. Once gray or brown dominates in homes and public buildings, bright hues are now common. Builders employ color specialists to plan schemes harmonizing with surroundings, reflecting cultural shifts, climate, heritage, and rising temperance in taste. C. B. Boies.
In London a tramcar conductor risks arrest if he allows more than the regular passenger limit. A recent case saw a conductor fined 1.75 dollars for an overcapacity by one passenger.
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