. Electric railway journal . are-collection intervalwhich now cuts down the mileage output of the car. Second is the loading platform in combination withthe prepayment fare collection. This costs next tonothing, yet offers the advantage of saving about one-half of the time which a car requires to get away. Thirdis the possibility of pay-as-you-leave operation, particu-larly where single-end operation is used. Finally, wecome to the use of car devices such as air-operated doorsand steps, compact platform control with high ratesof acceleration and braking, and motor-operated fareequipments—all o
. Electric railway journal . are-collection intervalwhich now cuts down the mileage output of the car. Second is the loading platform in combination withthe prepayment fare collection. This costs next tonothing, yet offers the advantage of saving about one-half of the time which a car requires to get away. Thirdis the possibility of pay-as-you-leave operation, particu-larly where single-end operation is used. Finally, wecome to the use of car devices such as air-operated doorsand steps, compact platform control with high ratesof acceleration and braking, and motor-operated fareequipments—all of which contribute toward the goal ofmaximum mileage output. If electric railway men, therefore, will think of a caras a production engineer thinks of a machine tool, theywill appreciate more than ever why it pays to spend anextra $1,000 on a $9,000 car if thereby the $9,000 invest-ment can be made to give 10 to 20 per cent more output,which is miles and money. TEAM SIDE OF RHODE ISLAND COMPANYS FREIGHT HOUSE AT PROVIDENCE. May 25, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 1003 Rhode Island Electric Freight BusinessIncreases 185 Per Cent in Ten Years In This Article Attention Is Especially Directed to the De-tails of Less-than-Carload Freight Handling at ProvidenceWhere Cars Are Loaded and Unloaded on Stub-End Tracks Putnam SINCE the publication of the article on the freighthandling facilities and methods of the Rhode Is-land Company, in the issue of the Electric Rail-way JOURNAL for March 29, 1913, page 573, the freightdepartment of this company has greatly expanded inincome and facilities. Physically the most conspicuousdevelopment has been the remodeling of the old powerhouse on Eddy Street into an excellent freight , of course, if the building had been erected newit would not have been given quite the same proportions,nevertheless it is well located and has been admirablyarranged for the purpose of handling a large packagefreight business with minimum interference of carmo
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