Street Railway

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1 More facts about former Seerley Blvd. electric trolley
Northern Iowan 92:15, p.8 		Recounts facts about local trolley service.
2 New and expanded curricula and services (1913 through April, 1917); the Claxton Commission
A Century of Leadership and Service 1:0, p.318 		The college expands its services to include extension, rural education, Bible study, student health, and dormitories; a close look at the Claxton Commission Report and the Inside Survey; photo.
3 Living conditions varied
Alumnus 61:3, p.16 		Life at college for early students; photo.
4 30 years ago Poetry: Street cars, yellow slickers
College Eye 63:29, p.7 		A poetic look at life in the 1920's.
5 Extracurricular activities
First 75 Years 0:0, p.146 		Broad survey of the history of literary societies, campus publications, music and athletics, Greek organizations, and religious groups on campus.
6 Completion time for new pavement on College St. set
College Eye 39:42, p.4 		Hope to complete work by September 15; experience some difficulties in locating old sewer and in acquiring supplies; street from 20th Street to Seerley Boulevard will be fifteen feet wider than the old street.
7 Tom of the 'loop' is back with us after hay fever got the best of him
College Eye 37:8, p.3 		Profile of Tom Flaherty, who has driven public transportation vehicles for thirty years; photo.
8 It's a long story from birth
College Eye 33:21, p.1 		A look at some of the major stories covered by the student newspaper in its first 50 years.
9 Farewell to the trolleys
Alumnus 25:3, p.4 		Trolleys will no longer run to College Hill; new bus system took over in May.
10 Yellow Zephyrs go off duty
College Eye 32:33, p.2 		Last trolley ran on Sunday, May 18, 1941; will be replaced by buses.
11 Trolley car no longer 'clangs'
College Eye 29:39, p.2 		Brief history of the street railway near campus; history of its routes on campus.
12 The Line
College Eye 29:8, p.2 		Campus gossip.
13 On to Coe
College Eye 29:6, p.1 		Arrangements made for special railroad rate for trip to Cedar Rapids on the interurban.
14 Absentminded student spends a nickel for her errors
College Eye 28:14, p.1 		Student takes the trolley home after she forgets that she drove to campus.
15 Panic breaks out among students as street cars collide
College Eye 28:5, p.5 		Street car runs into another street car; cars were filled with students coming home from the football game in Waterloo; minor damage; no injuries.
16 Why walk?
College Eye 28:4, p.6 		Ride the street railway anywhere in Cedar Falls for five cents.
17 "Overcoat" bridge, "fifty-fifty" ride feature Coe trip
College Eye 27:21, p.4 		Account of trip to Coe College for football game.
18 Students formerly were obliged to get drinking water from windmill; the first college boarding house was located on "Berg's Corner"
College Eye 24:16, p.2 		History of the early campus.
19 Once upon a time a kerosene lamp
Alumnus 17:1, p.14 		History of heat, light, and power at ISTC; succession of boilers culminates in new power plant; alternating current now replacing direct current; street railway waiting room is now ticket office; central campus smokestack is now a thing of the past.
20 Direst interurban street car service curtails bus line
College Eye 23:53, p.4 		Schedule for the interurban line to Waterloo.
21 Alpha Theta Beta
College Eye 20:18, p.6

Members home visits, street car excursion.
22 The pop off
College Eye 19:5, p.8 		Student writes about trolley experience.
23 Miss Mary Haight
College Eye 17:24, p.3 		Mary Haight fell and broke her arm as she was departing the interurban in Waterloo.
24 Since January first
College Eye 14:28, p.4 		Street cars available for trip to Waterloo.
25 Editorially speaking; ride the street cars
College Eye 12:25, p.4 		Wants students use the street cars so the rates won't keep going up.
26 Editorially speaking; attention! Hunt up your street car receipts!
College Eye 12:17, p.4 		Fares will go down from ten cents to seven cents for six months.
27 Editorially speaking; students affected by new rates
College Eye 12:5, p.4 		Street railway rates doubled; students upset.
28 Why not a special to Coe?
College Eye 12:3, p.3 		Encourages students to go to the game in Cedar Rapids; perhaps enough will want to attend so that they can hire a car on the interurban railway.
29 General exodus to Waterloo "movies"
College Eye 10:19, p.1 		Went to Waterloo to see "Shepherd of the Hills."
30 What the Teachers College has done for Cedar Falls
College Eye 10:18, p.2a 		Believes ISTC has made many significant contributions to the community including street railway, water works, sewage system, and faculty investments
31 Our obligations to the motor-man
College Eye 8:18, p.4 		Urges students not to develop unsafe habits around the street cars.
32 Our car service
College Eye 7:17, p.4 		Running out of patience with the unreliability of the Cedar Falls Car Service.
33 Girls injured on interurban; walking off of interurban while in motion causes injuries
College Eye 4:27, p.5 		Mabel Gentile and Ethel Booth were injured getting off of the interurban car just after Bluff Station.
34 We wonder if on the first of January that--
College Eye 4:14, p.5 		Makes predictions about what people's New Year's resolutions will be.
35 Untitled
College Eye 4:5, p.5

Football player traveled on the train to Iowa City.
36 Mr. Minor Castor
College Eye 3:16, p.278 		Confined to the hospital after having his foot crushed by a street car.
37 Expected criticisms
Old Gold 0:0, p.352 		Criticisms of the Old Gold.
38 Quotes
Old Gold 0:0, p.350 		Humorous quotes and poems.
39 Chresto initiation
College Eye 2:10, p.7

Took interurban to Chautauqua Park.
40 Untitled
Old Gold 0:0, p.8 		View of campus looking toward 23rd and College Streets; photo.
41 The Waterloo girls report
Normal Eyte 21:7, p.119 		Particularly appreciate that there were two cars waiting for them on Thirteenth Street instead of the usual one car.
42 Chrestos at Sans Souci
Old Gold 0:0, p.116 		Drawing of the members of the Chresto society getting off the trolley at Sans Souci for initiation.
43 Editorial
Normal Eyte 20:17, p.279 		New mail system is absurd; reduced to one delivery per day; Cedar Falls street cars performing well this winter; senior class participation lacking.
44 We are indebted
Normal Eyte 20:28, p.261 		Jennie Berg provides details about the tragic death of Elsie Long.
45 Many were saddened
Normal Eyte 20:14, p.245 		Elsie Long died after being struck by a streetcar in Denver.
46 The old street car waiting station
Normal Eyte 20:6, p.112 		Has been moved to the south end of the Gymnasium; will be used to store bicycles and fire hose.
47 Cartoons
Old Gold 0:0, p.267 		Cartoons about the Normal School.
48 Miss Ward
Normal Eyte 19:25, p.397 		A Normal School student will assist kindergarten students who ride the streetcars.
49 Death of Prof. Fitzgerald; former musical instructor killed while riding in his automobile
Normal Eyte 19:1, p.3 		Car stalled on streetcar track in Covina, California; Professor Fitzgerald died a few hours after the accident.
50 Normal trustees in sessions
Normal Eyte 18:29, p.453 		Trustees consider sidewalks, change in railroad tracks, location of President's House, late registration fees, school seal, museum collection expansion, library instruction, and college hospital.
51 Miss Edith Barbour
Normal Eyte 18:7, p.77 		Still cannot walk because her knee was sprained in a streetcar accident.
52 $1000 Reward
Old Gold 0:0, p.221 		Humorous recount of a professor running to the carline.
53 View showing superintendent's cottage and street car depot
Old Gold 0:0, p.267 		Photo of two new campus buildings.
54 Milo Denny
Normal Eyte 18:24, p.427 		Injured in streetcar accident.
55 Notice
Normal Eyte 17:17, p.271 		Street railway will run extra cars for Sunday church crowds.
56 A scene on Normal St.
Normal Eyte 17:15, p.228 		Return of the students after Christmas vacation.
57 Last Wednesday
Normal Eyte 17:10, p.156 		Overloaded coal car causes street railway problem.
58 The students of the Normal
Normal Eyte 16:28, p.446 		John Cherney had a humorous incident on the streetcar.
59 A letter to dad
Normal Eyte 16:6, p.81 		Fictional letter home by a new student.
60 Miss Dorothy Scott
Normal Eyte 15:26, p.414 		Was injured by a street car, but is doing much better.
61 An accident occurred
Normal Eyte 15:18, p.286 		Street railway cars collided at the corner of 23rd and Normal streets; no one was hurt.
62 Mailboxes on the street cars--why not?; schedule of principal mail trains make present system of collection 'very' unsatisfactory;
Normal Eyte 15:6, p.81 		Article discusses the need for change in the current mail services on the hill.
63 Mr. C. E. Norton
Normal Eyte 14:30, p.473 		Motorman injured in street railway accident.
64 On Monday
Normal Eyte 14:30, p.474 		Nell House was struck by a streetcar but not seriously injured.
65 Untitled
Normal Eyte 14:7, p.107 		The women paid for the fares of the men on the streetcar.
66 Fay Samson
Normal Eyte 13:5, p.75 		Injured in streetcar accident.
67 Wednesday afternoon
Normal Eyte 13:5, p.75 		Streetcar and telephone wires cross; wires broke and electrocuted horse.
68 Some people have the mistaken idea that the "trailers" are merely play houses
Normal Eyte 13:3, p.37
69 Tuesday evening a happy crowd
Normal Eyte 12:32, p.506 		Enjoyed a party at the home of Lucy Miller.
70 Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Allison
Normal Eyte 12:30, p.473 		Moved to Mason City.
71 Official
Normal Eyte 12:28, p.435 		Board met and adopted a plan of tenure for the faculty; legislature makes summer session permanent; streetcar track to be installed; boiler house to be re-built; alumni Commencement reunion permanent.
72 The street car company
Normal Eyte 12:4, p.58 		Has begun grading work for a line and depot on campus; will run near new Auditorium Building.
73 B. J. Lambert
Normal Eyte 11:34, p.834 		Doing civil engineering work in Waterloo.
74 The reception given the Alpha Society
Normal Eyte 11:34, p.836 		Jeannette Cushman gives reception.
75 The sleighing was fine
Normal Eyte 10:16, p.381 		Snow and ice conditions are good for sleighing, but everyone should be careful about catching the runners in the street railway tracks.
76 The cars
Normal Eyte 10:7, p.153 		Began running around the loop.
77 Editorial
Normal Eyte 10:6, p.125 		The value of the Lecture Course as part of a student's education; laments loss of trees in landscaping project to accommodate tracks of street railway.
78 Zeta reception
Normal Eyte 10:6, p.134 		Enjoyed trolley party.
79 Official
Normal Eyte 10:3, p.54 		Will continue with Museum collections; Athletic Association granted instructor with director to follow; Auditorium Building work continues; extensive grading on northeast corner of campus in connection with extension of street railway onto campus.
80 Official
Normal Eyte 10:2, p.31 		Class schedule includes six periods; military work will be done three afternoons per week; Auditorium Building foundation nearing completion; material will be delivered by extension of street railway onto campus; waiting room to be built.
81 The construction railway
Normal Eyte 10:2, p.34 		Completed to Auditorium Building construction site; will allow material to be delivered close to the work site.
82 The fourth year class
Normal Eyte 9:30, p.715 		Visited Waterloo.
83 The party started
Normal Eyte 9:30, p.715 		Group went to Waterloo for banquet.
84 Official
Normal Eyte 9:27, p.636 		Mary Simmons will teach English at the Normal School; news of other additions to the faculty; street railway loop to College Hill considered; new departments to be organized; faculty promoted; summer session fees decreased.
85 The Clio society
Normal Eyte 9:22, p.523 		Celebrated victory with trip to Waterloo.
86 The snowstorm
Normal Eyte 9:13, p.307 		Blocked the street railway.
87 A pleasant trip
Normal Eyte 9:10, p.230 		Shakespeareans and Aristos enjoy trip by street railway to Waterloo.
88 The Shakes and Aristos
Normal Eyte 9:10, p.235 		Had trolley party to celebrate debate victories.
89 Editorial
Normal Eyte 9:6, p.125 		Men selected for debate against Ames; asks for news to be sent to the newspaper; controversy over possible reduced rates on the street railway.
90 The street railway
Normal Eyte 9:6, p.131 		Back to twenty minute service.
91 A large number of students from Waterloo
Normal Eyte 9:3, p.61 		Take rapid transit car to campus each day.
92 To students who walked to town in the old days
Normal Eyte 9:3, p.61 		Appreciate trolley service.
93 Mr. Gralton
Normal Eyte 9:2, p.37 		Offers students discounted three cent fares on street railway.
94 The Neos enjoyed a trolley ride to Waterloo
Normal Eyte 8:34, p.486
95 Nineteen ladies of the faculty
Normal Eyte 8:33, p.469 		Took trolley to Waterloo for a meal.
96 Mrs. L. S. Cass
Normal Eyte 8:22, p.308 		Entertains group with trolley party; visited Normal campus and received by President Seerley.
97 The Cedar Falls and Normal Electric Street Car Company
Normal Eyte 8:22, p.308 		Has eighteen miles of track.
98 A large number of our Normal people
Normal Eyte 8:15, p.210 		Attended Leland Powers show; needed extra street car for return trip.
99 In case the street car
Normal Eyte 8:15, p.210 		Might need fan.
100 The new parlor car
Normal Eyte 8:14, p.197 		Elegant street railway car reaches the Normal.