. Electric railway journal . ing anewspaper before boarding a car? Improved Service It is impossible at the present time to give the car riders that maximum com-fort, convenience and service desirable. It will take time, effort and money tobring the tracks and cars up to a proper point of efficiency. 1 Details of the service, however, can and will be bettered. The new regula-tions are a step in this direction. Upon the co-operation given the conductors inthe enforcement of these regulations by the car riders themselves will depend thesuccess of the regulations and anv improvement of the servic
. Electric railway journal . ing anewspaper before boarding a car? Improved Service It is impossible at the present time to give the car riders that maximum com-fort, convenience and service desirable. It will take time, effort and money tobring the tracks and cars up to a proper point of efficiency. 1 Details of the service, however, can and will be bettered. The new regula-tions are a step in this direction. Upon the co-operation given the conductors inthe enforcement of these regulations by the car riders themselves will depend thesuccess of the regulations and anv improvement of the service resulting from them. Will you help? May 14, 1910.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 875 EFFECT OF COLLISION ON CAR CONSTRUCTION The accompanying illustrations, Figs, i, 2 and 3, show thevestibules of two 52-ft. interurban cars after a rear-endcollision in which the forward car, Fig. 1, was struck in the rearby the car shown in Fig. 2. The photographs were taken in theshops after the vestibules were partially stripped of Fig. 1—Car with I-beam and Wood Filler UnderframingStruck in the Rear The I-beams on car, Fig. 1, are shown to be in perfect condition,while the same members on car, Fig. 2, from which the woodfillers were removed, are bent downward and twisted. The center and intermediate sill construction of both cars
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