. The street railway review . (Jl , Co., of Toledo, 0., have been aciiuired and are in daily operationwith very satisfactory results. The Isle of Man Tramway is about25 miles long, with a number of severe grades, some as steep asI in 58, and numerous sharp curves, the conditions under whichthe wagons are used being unusually hard in this respect. The Bonner rail wagon is more or less familiar in the UnitedStates. It is in successful operation at Toledo, C, at Detroit, Mich.,and at other points and has satisfactorily demonstrated its useful-ness in the hauling of
. The street railway review . (Jl , Co., of Toledo, 0., have been aciiuired and are in daily operationwith very satisfactory results. The Isle of Man Tramway is about25 miles long, with a number of severe grades, some as steep asI in 58, and numerous sharp curves, the conditions under whichthe wagons are used being unusually hard in this respect. The Bonner rail wagon is more or less familiar in the UnitedStates. It is in successful operation at Toledo, C, at Detroit, Mich.,and at other points and has satisfactorily demonstrated its useful-ness in the hauling of heavy goods, as stone and ores, farm pro-ducts and general merchandise. As the adaptability of the electricrailway to the carrying of this class of freight becomes more widely. The Chicago & Northwestern Ry. has reduced the fare fromMilwaukee to Waukesha to 60 cents in order to meet the competi-tion of the electric railway running to that town. VIEW AT DHOON GLESS STATION. recognized, these wagons will undoubtedly come into more generaluse. In the Isle of Man, a large part of the freight business consistsof hauling granite from quarries owned by the tramway company 78 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. (Vol, X, No. 2. to the sliii)i)ing dock. This was loriiKTly carried on by one-horse,two-whcelcd carts of 1,700 lb. capacity, which hauled the stonea long distance to the railway, when it was unloaded from the carts,and loaded into the cars. On reaching the coast it had to againbe loaded into carts and taken to the docks. With the present sys-tem the stone is loaded into Bonner wagons at the quarries, drawnby a two-horse team to the street railway tracks, and without un-loading, the wagons are attached to a motor car in trains, of twoor three and taken directly to the
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