{"id":746,"date":"2012-05-04T15:36:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T22:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=746"},"modified":"2021-12-31T22:17:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T06:17:48","slug":"the-battle-of-adams-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=746","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of Adams Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The City of San Diego today took steps to force the San Diego Electric Railway company to continue railway service on Adams Ave. \u201cWar to the limit\u201d on the illegal and unlawful methods of the street car company, which on Saturday night started to tear up its tracks in defiance of the law, was declared at the city hall.\u00a0 &#8212;<\/em>-San Diego Sun, August 28, 1922.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It was cars versus streetcars in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Adams-Avenue.pdf\">The Battle of Adams Avenue<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_748\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/streetcar1915.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-748\" data-attachment-id=\"748\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=748\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/streetcar1915.jpg?fit=700%2C533\" data-orig-size=\"700,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;DO NOT COPY, STORE OR REPRODUCE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;7787-B 5th and Broadway San Diego, c. 1915&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7787-B 5th and Broadway San Diego, c. 1915\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A streetcar from the San Diego Electric Railway&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/streetcar1915.jpg?fit=700%2C533\" class=\" wp-image-748  \" title=\"7787-B 5th and Broadway San Diego, c. 1915\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/streetcar1915.jpg?resize=504%2C383\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/streetcar1915.jpg?w=700 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/streetcar1915.jpg?resize=300%2C228 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A streetcar from the San Diego Electric Railway<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; 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