. Electric railway gazette . -ditional car, and many of the motorcars will tow two additional success of the Thomson Hous-ton system on the Omaha andCouncil Bluffs line has made thecitizens of Omaha jubilant at theimmediate prospect of such rapidtransit being given them over theirentire city. In addition to theequipment ready to be put in, thecompany intends to add twenty ad-ditional motor cars upon the exten-sions to its system within a fewmonths. The companyhas recently closed a contract forthe electrical equipment of the Pe-oria, Illinois, Street Railway
. Electric railway gazette . -ditional car, and many of the motorcars will tow two additional success of the Thomson Hous-ton system on the Omaha andCouncil Bluffs line has made thecitizens of Omaha jubilant at theimmediate prospect of such rapidtransit being given them over theirentire city. In addition to theequipment ready to be put in, thecompany intends to add twenty ad-ditional motor cars upon the exten-sions to its system within a fewmonths. The companyhas recently closed a contract forthe electrical equipment of the Pe-oria, Illinois, Street Railway of the finest power stations in the countrywill be built for the operation of the electric cars,with steam power capacity sufficient to operatedouble the number of cars which are to be installedunder the present contract. The o\vners of the Peoria road have made very careful investiga-tions of the various electric railway systems inoperation throughout the entire country, andstate as a result of their investigations that the. Observatory Hill Passenger Railway—Bentley-Knight System Thomson-Houston system is far superior to allothers especially in the economy of its repairaccount.
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