Building a Better Waco

ID: 1223 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Building a Better Waco

The popularity of the interurban railway was largely due to its convenience. Streetcars allowed commuters, shoppers, and families alike to travel to and from the city with ease. As the advertisements on this streetcar suggest, the company also promoted the idea that frequenting the streetcar was not only economical, but a part of good citizenship.

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By Terri Jo Ryan
Waco was a city on the move at the turn of the twentieth century, and its run into modernity was aided by the advent of the interurban electric railway. Although Waco had other forms of mass transit since the days of the stagecoach, with first…