The electric motor is destined to play an important part in the history of railroads in America as well as in other countries. Although not yet out of the experimental stage, electric street railways are rapidly gaining ground in public favor. Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Toronto, and other cities already have electric street railways in successful and profitable operation. A dozen aew roads are in process of construction, and a score or two more are projected. Montgomery, Ala., will be the first city in the world to have a complete electric street railway system. In New York city it is expected that a Daft electric motor will soon be making trial trips on the Ninth-avenue elevated road and on a branch of the Third-avenue road a passenger car equipped with Sprague motors has been making experimental Uif 0 during a great part of th« ro«nae(,
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XX, Issue 1334, 16 March 1887, Page 5
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