Author: Steuart, W.M.
Title: Street and Electric Railways 1902. Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of the Census Special Reports
Description: Washington, Government Printing Office, 1902. Cloth. Blue cloth. Folio. 439 pp. With a few photo plates. A detailed government report on street and electric railways in the United States in the early 1900s. This includes a look at the traffic using the railways, the urban street railways and their effect on population and businesses in cities, capitalization and financial operations, interurban railways and their features, European railways, etc. Also included are chapters on the history and development of electric traction, the construction of rail beds and electrical aspects, the various styles in railways cars and passenger cars, passenger stations and car houses, etc. This includes many photos of various railroad cars and facilities. GOOD condition. Moderate fading and some spots of discoloration to the covers. Mostly minor soiling. Some scuffing. White streak/stain, perhaps from paint, to the lower rear cover. Extremities rather bumped and scuffed. Minor soiling to the endpapers. Interior solid with minor scattered soiling. Good/No Jacket.

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