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Excerpt from Census of Electrical Industries, 1917: Electric Railways In addition to the electric railways it included the cable roads, the animal traction or horse roads, and those operated with gasoline-engine cars. In 1917 there were 17 companies operating 45. 32 miles of cable trackage, 5 in California, 5 in Pennsylvania, 2 in Washington, and 1 each in Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Virginia; 8 companies operating miles with animal traction, located 1 each in Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Ohio, and Texas; and 5 companies operating miles of track with gasoline-engine cars, located 1 each in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania. One company in Pennsylvania using electric power operated miles of track, of which miles were by gravity. Steam trackage in conjunction with electric was reported by 8 companies, 1 each in California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia. The steam-operated track aggregated miles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.