. Electric railway journal . :54 12 :36 11 :35 12 :47 12 :30 1:59 12 :54 2 :20 1 :54 3 :35 The handling of baggage was facilitated at FortSheridan by the use of two motor-truck moving vanssupplied by the electric railway company to transportthe baggage from the fort to the railroad. The basisof competition to the railway company for the trans-portation was $ per capita less 8 per cent, and thedistance from Fort Sheridan to Milwaukee was ap-proximately 60 miles. This represented a substantialsaving to the government over the lowest bid of thesteam railroads. Negotiations between the electri
. Electric railway journal . :54 12 :36 11 :35 12 :47 12 :30 1:59 12 :54 2 :20 1 :54 3 :35 The handling of baggage was facilitated at FortSheridan by the use of two motor-truck moving vanssupplied by the electric railway company to transportthe baggage from the fort to the railroad. The basisof competition to the railway company for the trans-portation was $ per capita less 8 per cent, and thedistance from Fort Sheridan to Milwaukee was ap-proximately 60 miles. This represented a substantialsaving to the government over the lowest bid of thesteam railroads. Negotiations between the electric line and the WarDepartment were conducted by F. W. Shappert, trafficand industrial agent. Particular significance is attached to the securingof this business, as it is said to be the first time anelectric line has been able to run the gantlet of opposi-tion and break down the barrier which has apparentlybeen placed between the regular army officers and theelectric railways. When interviewed by a representative of the Eleo. SEVEN-CAR TRAIN OF BAGGAGE WHICH PRECEDED THE TROOPS ON HOMEWARD TRIP 1296 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 26 tric Railway Journal, A. D. Kniskern, colonel, and Hampton, major of the Quartermaster Corps, Cen-tral Division, United States Army, responsible for thetroop movement, said that the service had been entirelysatisfactory, that the movement had been made smoothlyand with no delays and that so far they had receivedno adverse comment in regard to the movement of thetroops from any of the field officers. Second Annual Convention of SafetyFirst Federation of America C. Loomis Allen Reported for Committee on Cityand Interurban Railways and James R. PrattPresented the Street Railway Point of View UNDER the auspices of the Safety First Society ofBaltimore, Md., the second annual convention of thefederation was held in that city Dec. 7-9, 1916. Therewas a business session on the morning of Thursday,Dec. 7, a discussion on street traffic on the
Size: 2451px × 1020px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkmcgrawhillp
