Boston’s Main Line El The Formative Years 1879-1908 by George Chiasson Jr

Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Boston’s Main Line El The Formative Years 1879-1908 by George Chiasson Jr Bostons Main Line El The Formative Years 1879-1908 by George Chiasson Jr Soft Cover by George Chiasson Jr Copyright 1987 79 pages ERA Headlights Vol 49 PREFACE In 1891 the West End St. Ry. Company, which was energetically pursuing a program of electrifying Boston's huge horsecar system, was granted the rights to construct elevated railways by the State Legislature but failed to take any action. In July of 1894 the State Legislature passed a two part bill creating the Boston Transit Commission and the Boston Elevated Railway. The Transit Commission was empowered to build the Tremont St. Subway, the East Boston Tunnel under Boston harbor and a large drawbridge across the Charles River to Charlestown, which would accommodate both general traffic and streetcars on a lower level, and elevated trains above. The subways would be leased to private companies for operation. The Boston Elevated Ry. Franchise was immediately awarded to a group headed by Joseph V. Meigs, a longtime proponent of steam powered elevated and monorail systems. Meigs and his group were unable to raise the money to build the elevated system, whose franchise obligated the company to build routes to Roxbury, Charlestown, Cambridge and South Boston. The Meigs group offered to sell the franchise to the West End St. Ry. for $150,000, but the West End declined the offer. The failure of the conservative West End management to take action upset a number of influential West End stockholders, who decided to take action on their own. The group, headed by Eben Jordon, owner of Boston's largest department store, and Major General William A. Bancroft obtained financial backing from the Boston investment firm of Kidder-Peabody, and the New York Financial House of J.P. Morgan. All pictures are of the actual item. If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad. Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. Thank you for buying from us. Shipping charges Postage rates quoted are for shipments to the US only. Ebay Global shipping charges are shown. These items are shipped to Kentucky and then ebay ships them to you. Ebay collects the shipping and customs / import fees. For direct postage rates to these countries, send me an email. Shipping to Canada and other countries varies by weight. Payment options Payment must be received within 10 days. Paypal is accepted. Terms and conditions All sales are final. Returns accepted if item is not as described. Contact us first. No warranty is stated or implied. Please e-mail us with any questions before bidding. Thanks for looking at our items.

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