. The street railway review . er of paying pas-sengers per mile run was 4,606, and the number of paying passen-gers per mile operated was 146,213, The total number of employeswas 3403, averaging about five for each mile of road operated. The number of persons injured was 370, compared with 292 in1902; of this number four were fatally injured, four more than theyear before. The number of passengers injured was 206, of whom2 were killed; the number of employes injured was 20, of whom 3were killed. Street railway and steam railroad maps, corrected to Jan, I. 1904,accompany the commissioners repor
. The street railway review . er of paying pas-sengers per mile run was 4,606, and the number of paying passen-gers per mile operated was 146,213, The total number of employeswas 3403, averaging about five for each mile of road operated. The number of persons injured was 370, compared with 292 in1902; of this number four were fatally injured, four more than theyear before. The number of passengers injured was 206, of whom2 were killed; the number of employes injured was 20, of whom 3were killed. Street railway and steam railroad maps, corrected to Jan, I. 1904,accompany the commissioners report. A Rolling Stock Record Board. The Los .Vngeles and Pacific Electric Railway companies haveadopted an exceedingly simple and lucid, although unique, method ofkeeping track of its rolling stock by means of photographs, whichare mounted on what are known as record boards. Each carowned by the companies is photographed and on each photographis clearly marked the length of the car, its seating capacity, weight LENGTH 46SCATS S6. MfT. LBS. .♦-75 H» MOTORS KOI., STOCK KKCORU CABI). and equipment. These photographs arc afterwards reduced to auniform size of 1% x 3 in. and mounted on a Spanish cedar blockVi in. thick. These blocks are then inserted into frames whichcompose the record hoard, and the status of the rolling .stock canbe seen at a glance. One of the reduced photographs is shown inthe accompanying illustration. Not only are the passenger cars thusphotographed, but freight, wrecking, material, oil and mantenance-of-way cars are similarly kept track of. The Lake Shore Electric Railway Cos. new power plant at BeachPark is ncaring completion. Its equipment will include a 1,500-h. and generator. ITiis will give the company a high tensiona. c. service over its line from Lorain to Toledo. Later a sub-sta-tion will be installed at Sandusky, superseding the d. c. plant at thatplace. The Elgin, Aurora & Southern Traction Co, has established anexpress service
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