San Francisco Cars History

Muni has its origins in the period following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Until then the city had been served by a number of commercial horsecar, cable car and electric streetcar operators. Many of these had been amalgamated into the United Railroads of San Francisco (URR) company. In 1909, voters approved a municipal rail line down Geary St. Three years later in 1912, the city declined to renew the franchise that allowed cable

I always wondered things like “How long has this been here?” and “Do people even ride the train anymore?”. Turns out the station was built in 1905 after the original wooden structure was burned down in 1903. Also, as much as it is a historical site to downtown Lee’s Summit, it still does business. The Missouri River Runner, the train that runs through the Lee’s Summit station, which travels from St. Louis to Kansas City twice daily, serves an average of about 29,000 riders a year.

The British were in massive debt following the French and Indian war, therefore they placed taxes on the colonists in order to regenerate some of that money lost. The Sugar Act of 1764 taxed the sale of molasses in hopes to gain some lost money, but this act led the people of Boston to boycott the molasses industry. The Stamp Act of 1765 shortly followed, making colonists buy a stamp with every paper product. The rage the colonists felt over the passing of this act, led the colonies to begin to unify as they together boycotted the trade industry. The Townshend Duties of 1767 imposed taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea, but this only led to the colonist to again boycott the trade of those items and start newspaper attack.

With an expected measure of 60 donkeys and a few hundred men in 1907, Fuller came to St. Petersburg to clear Maximo Road. He built up the Independent Line of transportation one year later and contended with F.A. Davis ' St. Petersburg Transportation Co. By 1909 H. Walter Fuller was the real shareholder in Davis ' domain, which incorporated the transportation organization and the electric organization. Fuller therefore fabricated a force plant at sixteenth Street and First Avenue N and propelled the trolley from 7 to 23 miles in length. By 1914, Fuller had set up Central Land and Title Co.

Later her efforts paid off, there was a trial for the company, Standard Oil v. U.S. in 1911. They declared the company a monopoly and broke it up. In conclusion, the Progressive Era had many problems, from corruption to unsanitary working conditions. However, from the hard work and determination of these past muckrakers reforms were made to better the situations that the Americans faced.

The first railways were created in England and involved horse drawn carriages that moves along rails imbedded in the street. The English Richard Trevithick built the first full scale steam powered locomotive in 1802, it then proceeded to spread quickly throughout England becoming the quickest mode of long distance transportation. It wasn’t until 1830 that the US first started to develop steam powered locomotive of their own, before that the US had to import locomotives from Great Britain. Subsequent to seeing the immense potential of a railroad industry in America, locomotives and tracks began to be constructed seemingly overnight.

Calistoga Hot Springs Resort, 1860’s: The Saratoga of the Pacific The Calistoga Hot Springs Resort was a thriving resort in 1860s. Inspired by the Saratoga Springs in New York, this was considered “The Saratoga of the Pacific.” This 30 ft. diorama of the original Hot Springs Resort is one of the main attractions in the museum.

Frank Sprague is an inventor from Richmond, Virginia. He came up with a solution for reliable travel over longer distance by building the first successful electric streetcar line in the United States, the Richmond Union Passenger Railway, which extended a distance of 12 miles. Frank Sprague figured out a way to add and split lines. He explains “Cars can be added to or taken from a train in a third of the time that is possible with a locomotive system.” He continues, “Where a system has main tracks with branches, car main line and then split at the junction, thus preserving the time intervals on the branches but doubling the distance intervals on the crowded sections” page 11.

Ever since I was born, my family has moved five times, and at each city that we move to, my family and I live there for at most four years. Then we pack up and move once again to another city. I currently reside in the wonderful city of San Jose, whose history is very vivid and exciting, being the very first civilian settlement in California to becoming the site of the first state capital to the third most-populated city in the state. Founded on November 29, 1777 by José Joaquín Moraga, who named the place El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe, the city of San Jose was destined to become one of the greatest cities in the nation. Before José Joaquín Moraga actually travelled to the place to build the city of San Jose, there was another group

Ellis Island is best known for being the gateway for millions of immigrants coming into the United States. It first opened on January 1, 1892 and was running for over 60 years until it closed 1954. Ellis Island was, for a long period of time, considered to be a part of New York. It wasn’t until 1998 that the United States Supreme Court’s decision found that most of the island is in New Jersey. This may be due to the fact that the island was greatly expanded between 1892 and 1934.

Swells from "The day after Thanksgiving" influenced the U.S. economy for quite a long while and scourged whatever remains of Ulysses S. Award 's residency as president. By the by, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk figured out how to get away from the catastrophe none the worn out. In spite of numerous claims of wrongdoing and an official examination by Congress, the two utilized their political associations and utilized a unit of lawyers to abstain from spending a solitary night in prison. Fisk even ducked out on his enormous misfortunes, asserting outsider intermediaries had made the exchanges without his insight. Gould might have demonstrated much luckier.

Pulses of electricity in a dot-and-dash code quickly transmitted messages through wires over long distances. Americans would later use Morse code in aviation and radio communications. In 1842, Joseph Dart and Robert Dunbar invented the grain elevator—a tower containing a bucket elevator that scoops up grain from a lower level and deposits it in a silo. Grain elevators made a tremendous contribution to the US economy by enabling farmers to store grains until the grains were ready to be quickly transported to the market via railroad.

The Automobile Automobiles in the 1930's were not a very popular way of transportation due to the great depression. Though many people drove their cars during the depression, The bus was a more popular option. The newest car in the 1930's was the hemp car built by Henry Ford. This new car ran on ethanol and got its name from what it was made from.

This episode shows the massacre at Mystic. This occurred on May 26, 1637, when Mystic Fort was attacked by the English settlers and their Indian allies. Mystic Fort in Connecticut was home to the Pequot Indians. This invasion/attack would affect the relationship and way the settlers and Indian felt about each other. During the battle, several hundred of the Pequot Indians were killed.

The Japan Bullet Train in 1964 The Bullet Train was the best train ever made in Japan. It is much better and smoother than the American AMTrak. The Bullet Train has never fallen off the track or has never been in a train wreck. If people want to learn how to make the Bullet Train again, they should go to Japan and ask how to make it.