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Paralleling the lecture courses the student works on problems of design, in such subjects as thoroughfare systems, transit systems and railroads. The final half-year in design is devoted to the preparation of an ideal city, combining qualities studied in the school and located on a piece of ground which the student can visit...
...earnings last year came to 30 millions. They have assets of around a billion dollars and while Commonwealth Edison must meet a $20,000,000 maturity on July 30 and Public Service a $15,000,000 maturity, no difficulties are expected. Less prosperous in this group is Chicago Rapid Transit Co., formed in 1924. It operates Chicago's elevated railroads, rents its tracks to the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee (North Shore Line) and the Chicago Aurora & Elgin (both Insull Companies). Last year C. R. T. lost...
...Band. The inadequate pay of its members later drove him to form his own band. A versatile musician, he composed over 300 pieces, 100 of them marches. His "The Stars and Stripes Forever" netted $300,000 in royalties. A crack shot and a finished equestrian, he also wrote The Transit of Venus and The Dwellers in the Western World...
...transit gloria! M. Fred Loewenstein...
...economic side of their operation and development. Their history is taken up in detail from the time when they first began to supercede horserace, about 1890, and continues to the present day, when the bus is rapidly taking the place of the trolley as a means of rapid transit. Among the numerous aspects of street railway operation which are taken up may be classed their vise, building, organization, finance, and finally their fall...