A jury awarded her $65,000, but lawyers for the trolley company appealed because, they said, the award was too high.
The company focused on the trolley company and in 1911 it went into receivership.
Like most trolley companies Public Service converted its routes to bus lines during the 1930s.
This led the company to develop the first use by a trolley company of a second suspended wire for return power.
The trolley company went into receivership in 1923 when buses became the dominant form of local public transportation.
The trolley company went bankrupt, however, due to the rise of the automobile.
The trolley company built various amusement rides at the park that have long since been removed.
Many trolley companies built amusement parks along their lines to bolster business.
After less than a decade, the trolley company no longer wanted to manage the park.
They demanded immediate acceptance of these terms, which the various trolley companies refused.
