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allowed C.C.Ry.'s first electric lines. Since the cable lines were already effective, and there was opposition to wires downtown, electric cars were used to replace horsecars on feeder routes when they became available. It was not until 1906, that all CCRy lines were converted to electricity. From
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and a group of investors were awarded a city franchise for a rail horsecar line, but legal challenges caused them to seek a state charter instead. On February 14, 1859, the Chicago City Railway Company (C.C.Ry.) was incorporated and in two months horsecars were running on State Street between
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By 1900, political corruption, unscrupulous actions by other companies, and public opinion made it difficult for the street railways to plan ahead. Length and terms of franchises, fare caps, taxes, and property owner consent were some of the problems.
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The horsecars were a success from the start. The smooth rail and reduced rolling resistance allowed larger cars to be used in all weather. A typical car was 18 ft (5.49 m) long, 7 ft (2.13 m) wide, and could carry 20 passengers.
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of the value of a company. They were expensive to buy, needed people to maintain them, were subject to illness, and made a huge amount of manure/waste. By 1880, the C.C.Ry. was looking for a better, mechanical replacement.
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A shop building from 1902 and streetcar barns from 1906, still remain in service by 2014 at the CTA's 77th Street and Vincennes Avenue yards. Another streetcar barn remains on Wabash Avenue just north of 63rd Street.
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State Street service started on January 28, 1882, Cottage Grove Avenue on February 26. Counter to some people's expectations, the cable cars did not suffer much from the elements, and the harsher
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As the cable system was being built electric traction was being developed. Although the individual cars cost more, stringing wire cost far less per mile than digging conduits. In 1892, the
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on main thoroughfare State Street and Wabash-Cottage Grove Avenues. This system was to become the largest and most profitable cable car system in the world.
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after 88 years of private operations and 34 years since consolidation, on April 22, 1947, and the CCRy was liquidated on February 15, 1950.
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controlling the private companies were passed and appealed for years. One was the Unification Ordinance of November 13, 1913 by the
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Although horsecar lines were inexpensive to build, they were expensive to operate. Horses could be up to
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neighborhood. The former cable car station and waiting room currently serves as the home of the
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were often muddy, rutted and potholed with travel very difficult. In 1858, omnibus operator
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One CCRy streetcar station from 1893 survives at 5529 South Lake Park Avenue in Chicago's
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with extreme variations in summer heat and winter cold was no problem for them.
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to see the new and successful cable car lines there, and could see a use for
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South Side between 1859 and 1914, when it became merged into and part of the
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stations for radiating lines like spokes of a wheel by 1853, but city/town
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The number of passengers caused a different approach to the cars than the
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The CSL was eventually sold to the publicly owned, government agency,
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was growing and better public transportation was needed. Horse drawn
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were shuttling passengers between several recently built interstate
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In 2015 yard switcher CSL #L202 and flat car CTA #314 are at the
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and steep hills and valleys, but of pure transportation capacity.
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then on, the CCRy primarily operated electric streetcars.
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A horse-drawn Chicago City Railway trolley at the 1949
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Electric streetcar of the Chicago City Railway Company
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Index


Chicago Railroad Fair
Track gauge
standard gauge
Electrification
V
DC
Overhead wire
horse
cable
electric
streetcars
Chicago's
Chicago Surface Lines
streetcars
transit busses
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago
omnibuses
railroad
streets
roads
turnpikes
Frank Parmelee
Charles Holmes
San Francisco
cable cars in Chicago
grades
William Eppelsheimer
downtown area

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