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J. N. Alsup
Electric Street Railway of ClarksvilleBiographical Info
J.N. Alsup was the contractor for the new Electric Street Railway of Clarksville, which replaced a mule-drawn system. He told the local newspaper the project would cost $38,000.
Alsup was the motorman of the first electric streetcar to rumble down Franklin Street. He sold his stock and was no longer connected with the system by June 1897.
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