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HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"></FONT></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=366 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Welcome to</B></div> <div>                 Filipinos @ Rogers AT&T official website</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="557" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1164 WIDTH="276"><div> <I>From the Toronto Free Press' October 2000 Issue </I></div> <div> <I>The Backgrounder</I></div> <div> <I><B>Life before the TTC</B></I></div> <div> <I>by Spyridon Moshonas</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#777777" FACE="Verdana" ><I>,  a Toronto-based freelance writer. </I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Life before the TTC</B></div> <bR> <div> The Toronto Transit Commission is the largest transit system in Canada and one of the best transit systems in the world. Both accomplishments are a far cry from its pioneer predecessors.</div> <bR> <div> It all began in 1849 with the Williams Omnibus Bus Line that ran stagecoaches along Yonge Street from the St. Lawrence Market to the village of Yorkville.</div> <div> The sight of these archaic stagecoaches was too much to bear for one particular Englishman. By 1861, Alexander Easton had moved to Yorkville from Philadelphia where he commuted in horse-drawn streetcars. After securing the licence from the city, he established the Toronto Street Railway.</div> <bR> <div> Largely due to his efforts, Yonge Street had the first horse-drawn streetcar line in Canada, and it ran between King and Bloor Streets.</div> <bR> <div> Still, this advanced mode of transportation was bound to fall below expectation. On its ceremonial run, the streetcar came off its rails not once but several times. The passengers had to come out and push the car back on the track if they had any intention of reaching their destination.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="215" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF WIDTH="197"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="197" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> The TSR added more lines and displaced more stagecoaches until they were all confined to out-of-town trips. Even though it grew, the TSR went belly up by 1869 but was rescued by an act of parliament. Easton sold the company, and the new owners wrestled such a good tax deal from the city that they were lambasted by newspapers and citizens alike.</div> <bR> <div> Winters brought even more discontent toward the TSR, especially among Yonge Street storekeepers whose doorsteps were continuously dumped on with snow from the streetcars' plows. The drivers of other vehicles joined them and even pedestrians who got trapped in the massive snowbanks and the deep ruts left behind by streetcars. The storekeepers retaliated by shoveling the snow back on the TSR tracks.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>   <script language="JavaScript"> var boardserver = " ";</script> <script src='http://boardserver.mycomputer.com/getcode.html?u=filmaf&f=1'></script> <script language="JavaScript"> document.write(boardserver); </script>  </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="270"><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1b509ab0.jpg" border=0 width="265" height="171" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An early forerunner of the TTC.</div> <bR> <div> In 1892, the first electric streetcar appeared on Church Street, and two years later, the last horse-drawn streetcar was withdrawn from service. The TSR had changed its name to the Toronto Railway Company and along with its sister company the Metropolitan Street Railway, they had reached the south shore of Lake Simcoe by the end of the decade. To power their streetcars with electricity, the companies built their own steam plants along the route.</div> <div> Before all that took place, the biggest obstacle was the steepness of Hogg's Hollow. The uphill was considered to be such a challenge that some dismissed the venture as a futile undertaking. On Nov. 19, 1896, the electric streetcar made its ceremonial run north of York Mills. It was not a smooth operation, as the overhead wires on the north end of the valley had not been completed. Critics of the streetcar expansion were pleased to see that horses were on hand to pull the car up the hill.</div> <bR> <div> By the 1920s, the population burst beyond the city limits, but the TRC refused to extend its lines to the suburbs. The city had no choice but to set up its own lines which amounted to a total of nine independent fare systems. In 1921, the province finally stepped in to integrate them all into the Toronto Transit Commission.</div> <div> First, horse-drawn streetcars pushed stagecoaches out of the way. Then, electric streetcars replaced horses, but their use was later limited by underground trains, buses, and the ubiquitous automobile. As much as today's commuters may fret over transit delays, it still beats having to come out of the car to help put it back on its tracks just to get home. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0fa351a0.gif" border=0 width="53" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">members added to the group</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tapang, Nor"><U>Nor Tapang</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id68.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mercado, Jasper"><U>Jasper Mercado</U></A></div> <bR> <div> To update your profile click <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Update "><U>here</U></A>.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr><td align='center'><a href='http://hc2.humanclick.com/hc/26517006/?cmd=file&file=visitorWantsToChat&site=26517006&byhref=1' target='chat26517006' onClick="window.open('http://hc2.humanclick.com/hc/26517006/?cmd=file&file=visitorWantsToChat&site=26517006','chat26517006','width=419,height=320');return false;"><img src='http://hc2.humanclick.com/hc/26517006/?cmd=repstate&site=26517006&category=en;fun;1&ver=1' name='hcIcon' width=145 height=67 border=0></a></td></tr><tr><td align='center'><a href='http://hc2.humanclick.com/hc/26517006/?cmd=HomePage&site=26517006' target='_top'><img src='http://hc2.humanclick.com/hc/26517006/?cmd=hccredit&site=26517006' width=106 height=35 border=0></a></td></tr></table>  </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 138 WIDTH="549"><div>   <NOSCRIPT><A HREF="http://guestbook.mycomputer.com/guest.html?u=filmaf&b=1">Sign my Guestbook.</A></NOSCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT><A HREF="http://guestbook.mycomputer.com/guest.html?u=filmaf&b=1&show=1">View my Guestbook.</A></NOSCRIPT> <SCRIPT Language=JavaScript src="http://guestbook.mycomputer.com/get_guestbook.html?u=filmaf&b=1"> </SCRIPT>   </div> <bR> <div>   <SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="http://counter.mycomputer.com/get_counter.html?u=filmaf&c=1"> </SCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT> <a href="http://counter.mycomputer.com/"><img alt="Counter" src="http://counter.mycomputer.com/c.count?u=filmaf&c=1" border=0></a> </NOSCRIPT>   </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=24 BGCOLOR="#336666" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Copyright © 2000 filmaf@Rogers. 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