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For the first twenty years of the twentieth century, horses continued to work on city streets as an important part of the transportation system, just as they had been in the nineteenth century. Horse-drawn vehicles coexisted with newer means of transportation and cartage (DN-0050752). There were commuter railway trains between the suburbs and the central business district (the Loop), elevated trains running above the streets (DN-0004591, DN-0001383, DN-0007938), electric-powered streetcars (trolley cars) running on rails along the streets (DN-0053380), and new gasoline-powered automobiles and trucks as well. But for the early years of the twentieth century, horse power predominated over automobiles on city streets (DN-0006986).

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