The street railway review (1891) (14779004673)

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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation



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district, and fol-lows closely the line of the Ohio River, making one of the mostpicturesque trolley rides in this part of the country, .^fter leavingConey Island, the road passes through a number of towns andterminates at New Richmond.Xew Richmond, the largest town in Clermont County, is a live river and the city, it is an ideal residence district. .\t Cedar Point,adjoining Mt. Washington, are located several institutions, thelargest of whidi is St. Gregorys Catholic Seminary, wliich is di-rectly upon the line of this road. Fruit Hill and Forestville aresuburban towns, surrounded by a very rich district with a largetributary population, and Cherry Grove, Tobasco and Witliamsvillcare centers of trade for the market garden district. Amelia is atown about two miles long built up on each side of the Ohio Pike,with fine country homes, and during the summer months the townis crowded with summer hoarders. From .-Vniolia llic line tr.iverses w^ zzn v//////!!mn^z77 ^T^mMMM -I^^^^ZM^^^^^^^^^^l
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ri-.\.\ (jf main AM) kxii.mist Iln.No,power station no. 1. manufacturing town and has on account of the convenient lumbersupply large lumlwr mills, sash and door factories, planing mills,desk factory, church and school furniture factory, besides woolenmills, knitting mills, etc. The town has its own water works,electric light plant, city buildings, etc. This entire territory has no steam railroad connections, thus in-suring a large passenger and freight business, besides which theroad draws from several thousand population on the Kentucky sideof the river, connections with which arc made by ferries. . Suburban Traction Division. This road operates along Ihc Ohio Turnpike, the principal streetof Mt. Washingtf.n, which is probably the most picturesque sulnirbof Cincinnati. Situated on a high plateau overlooking the Ohio Mt. 1 lolly, a central distributing point for a large and thicklysettled territory, the Bantam fair grounds, liantam and Helhel, thepresent terminus, a beautiful town wi