Politics, Cities and Reform in the Gilded Age

In 1880, it was prudent to see where he walked. Ride on cars where the main form of transport and pollution than it seemed. The horse can produce 20 to 30 pounds of manure a day. Multiply that times a couple thousand, and has I have a lot of trouble. In the 1890's, electric trams had replaced horse-drawn vehicles, running above or below ground to avoid the crowded streets. After Henry Ford introduced his Model T car in 1908, a pedestrian soon had to dodge not only the streetcars, but also a new urban ...