. Electric railway journal . e show-ing the results of the investigation of the amount ofriding by workers in the different factories. The fac-tories were divided into eleven groups and the city intofifty-two sections, and the number of workers travelingfrom each section to each group of factories was de-termined. The map shows this information graphicallyby a set of eleven rectangles printed in each of thefifty-two sections. The map also includes diagrams of maximum sched-ule cars per hour under the proposed rerouting, thetrack changes proposed and an isochronal map basedon the present and pr
. Electric railway journal . e show-ing the results of the investigation of the amount ofriding by workers in the different factories. The fac-tories were divided into eleven groups and the city intofifty-two sections, and the number of workers travelingfrom each section to each group of factories was de-termined. The map shows this information graphicallyby a set of eleven rectangles printed in each of thefifty-two sections. The map also includes diagrams of maximum sched-ule cars per hour under the proposed rerouting, thetrack changes proposed and an isochronal map basedon the present and proposed transportation facilities. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company Dis-tributes Safety-First Poster Stamps Utilizing the poster-stamp collecting fad to promoteits safety campaign, the Philadelphia Rapid TransitCompany is distributing 1,000,000 of an artistic andstriking series of safety-first stamps. These posterstamps are designed especially to convey to school chil-dren a warning, in picture form, of the dangers existing. SIX POSTER STAMPS FOR PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL CHILDREN in busy city streets. The series includes six stamps,each one printed in four colors, and five of them illus-trate situations most often resulting in injury to reck-less or thoughtless boys and girls. The picture in eachcase so vividly presents its story of danger as to make itplain even to very young children. Catchy and appro- 666 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLV, No. 14 priate words of warning add emphasis to the sixth stamp handsomely exhibits the near-side carwhich, since its installation in the Philadelphia system,has eliminated many of the types of accidents formerlyof frequent occurrence in street railroading. Silesian Single-Phase Electrification Details of a 310-Mile Electrificati on Which Was Undertakento Improve Heavy Freight Service and to IncreasePleasure Travel on One Section The Silesian electrification of the Prussian StateRailways between Lauban and Konigszelt had attainedth
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