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E.C. "Mike" Alft ::


Sunday, January 17, 2010
In 1910, watch company laid off more than 100, cut production
What was happening in Elgin during the month of January 100, 75, 50, 25 and 10 years ago?

Harkening back to the days of Elgin's horse-drawn street cars

A horse-drawn street railway began operating in Elgin in 1878, a year before a similar innovation was introduced in Aurora. The franchise was awarded to Bruce C. Payne, at that time an employee of the U.S. Railway Postal System.









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