Aug. 9
1894: Electric streetcars make their first run from Toledo to Perrysburg as part of the Toledo-Maumee Valley Streetcar Company.
1905: A Cherry Street Bridge tender is fired after almost failing to get draw spans up in time to allow a loaded passenger ship to pass through. With little warning to traffic, a streetcar nearly plunged into river. The tender is said to be in “no condition” to work that night…