| Show UNIQUE STR STREET T RAIZ RAILWAY WAY In Which the tile Horse and the PAssengers Passengers Passengers gers Ride Together Together Owned Owned by a Woman If the spirits of the poor departed car horses are allowed to return to the land of the living they must chuckle if car horse spirits do such an unseemly unseemly un un- seemly thing when they witness one of their kind standing on th the back platform of a street car meditatively chewing a straw and viewing the landscape oer as the car merrily glides on its way into the town But that is a spectacle that presents itself itsell many times a day just outside the great city of Denver Colorado A short line of street railroads called the Cherrelyn Line leads from one of the city terminals to the tho little littletown littletown town of Cherrelyn It ascends gradually ally from the city and its motive power an ancient and decrepit specimen specimen specie men of the genus car horse creeps slowly up the hill stopping frequently for breath Once at the top however his labors are over for the time b beJ I ing lag He is unhitched from the car climbs aboard the rear platform and proceeds to make himself comfortable When the hour of departure is reached the driver gives the car a gentle shove and the whole outfit goes spinning down the hill to its starting point The Cherrelyn Line is owned and controlled by Mrs George H. H Bogue Dogue oty Denver who claims that It is tho the only gravity only gravity all system In the world There ere was a a. similar line operating in Ia ins s so southern them n California a few years ago so the claim to that distinction may be disputed Be that as it may however however how how- ever over it Is one of the sights of Denver a a street car on horse and passengers ride The rolling stock of this road road road- represented rep resented by the single car car is is not exactly up to date in style or finish It tt is shabby and worn and the rear platform not originally designed as asa asa asa a stable dr droops disconsolately The sides of the car car sido and put are decorated with the carvings and writings of tourist fools tools fools Whose names are fa es s Always seen in public places Mrs Bogue is riot pot exactly a millionaire millionaire million million- aire alre as the result of operating her own railroad and drawing all the salaries and nail dividends and she appreciates the he deficiencies of rolling stock and roadbed But Dut she he takes keen dolight do- do light ight In Ia the management of the road and finds flails it if a paying investment |
