From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10779 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Saturday, February 25 2023 Volume 14 : Number 10779 Today's Subjects: ----------------- BONUS: $90 COSTCO Gift Card Opportunity ["Costco Opinion Requested" Subject: BONUS: $90 COSTCO Gift Card Opportunity BONUS: $90 COSTCO Gift Card Opportunity http://massalong.bid/3J41B_DdkCoJlNNaQ5kN5FFQs_CbwHKDOb4rE2eVgPzHCdy5kA http://massalong.bid/u6IsjOh4dWsEpwPvHDCF-q32Jwf0lL0hL8tWRfbk87PKWGXhuA he Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad Company, another founding company of the Chicago "L", was granted a 50-year franchise by the Chicago City Council on April 7, 1892. Unlike the Lake Street Elevated, which operated a single line, the Metropolitan had a main line that proceeded west from downtown to Marshfield Junction, where it split into three branches: one northwestern branch to Logan Square (which in turn had a branch to Humboldt Park), one branch due west to Garfield Park, and one southwestern branch to Douglas Park. While the competing South Side and Lake Street Elevateds used steam traction, the Metropolitan never did; although it had originally intended to, and indeed had built much of its structure under the assumption that locomotives would be used, it decided in May 1894 to have electrified tracks instead, making it upon its opening the first revenue electric elevated railroad in the United States. The Metropolitan's tracks on ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #10779 ***********************************************