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Folder: S.F. Transportation-Cable Cars-Companies-Clay Street Hill Railroad Company. Newscopy: "MEMORIES COME ALIVE--As a 3-year-old boy, Harry Westcott's greatest thrill was riding the old Clay-st cable cars, which whipped along at a breath-taking eight miles an hour. At 76, Mr. Westcott sat down at his work bench the other day in his Burlingame home, turned out an almost exact replica of the old car from memory and faded newspaper photographs. Other model is of the current cable cars in use on Powell-st..