. The street railway review . WAY COMPANY. (^med/ii\ailM^9^\^lcW* 599 even. The only sign of a fire was in 18S7, when a stablewith 108 horses were burned. A tramp got in. Montreal has always presented peculiar difficulties inrunning a street railway in the winter on account of theheavy snowfall, which begins early in the season andstays late. In the early days a car similar to the oneshown (now used as a sand car) was used until the snowcovered the tracks. No attempt was made to cleanthem, as it was not considered worth while on account ofthe expense. The tracks and cars were abandoned inthe w
. The street railway review . WAY COMPANY. (^med/ii\ailM^9^\^lcW* 599 even. The only sign of a fire was in 18S7, when a stablewith 108 horses were burned. A tramp got in. Montreal has always presented peculiar difficulties inrunning a street railway in the winter on account of theheavy snowfall, which begins early in the season andstays late. In the early days a car similar to the oneshown (now used as a sand car) was used until the snowcovered the tracks. No attempt was made to cleanthem, as it was not considered worth while on account ofthe expense. The tracks and cars were abandoned inthe winter, but the people were not compelled to walk,as sleighs like the one in the illustration were run overthe lines of the road. Since the adoption of electric trac-tion, it has been demonstrated that a street railway canbe operated summer and winter in Montreal, which manybelieved was impossible. CONVERSION TO ELECTRIC. As it became necessary, additional lines were con-structed, so that in July, 1892, when the work of equip-. NOW USED AS A SAND CAR. ping the lines for electric traction was begun there werethirty-seven miles of single track and 1,300 horses. Thecompany increased its capital to $4,000,000, upon whichit paid last year two dividends of 4 per cent each, besidesaccumulating a surplus of $37,354 46. The business forthe year ending September 30, 1894, showed a net profitof $214,, as against $116, the previous operating expenses during the whole year per cent of the receipts, which was cut down thelast three months to per cent. For the first sixmonths fortj-three horse-cars were operated each day,but the last half of the year the road was entirely oper-ated by electric power. The gross passenger receiptsfor 1894 were $896,; for 1893, $750,, anincrease of $145,, or per cent; operatingexpenses, 1894, $637,; 1893, $593,;increase, $44,, per cent; operating expenses,1894, per cent of c
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