. Electric railway journal . ervice was more or lessdemoralized, however, as about 250 of the platform andstation men lived in the flooded district. None of these em-ployees reports loss of life in his family, but many sufferedloss of property. The company has hired help to clean up the houses of itsemployees and has relieved the city of the necessity tofurnish them with supplies. Regular schedules through theflooded district have been abandoned temporarily as thetwo bridges used to reach the business district have beendestroyed. On April 2 108 cars out of the normal equip-ment of 125 were on
. Electric railway journal . ervice was more or lessdemoralized, however, as about 250 of the platform andstation men lived in the flooded district. None of these em-ployees reports loss of life in his family, but many sufferedloss of property. The company has hired help to clean up the houses of itsemployees and has relieved the city of the necessity tofurnish them with supplies. Regular schedules through theflooded district have been abandoned temporarily as thetwo bridges used to reach the business district have beendestroyed. On April 2 108 cars out of the normal equip-ment of 125 were on regular schedule. The shortage ofcars has temporarily cut down schedules on the West Sideof the city, but as fast as the electrical equipment can bedried and the mud removed it is being added to the method of drying out the large units at the SpringStreet power station is interesting. This station containsseveral 1000-kw generators direct-connected to horizontalengines. The generators were housed in with wood and. Flood Disaster—Debris Covering the Street Railway Tracks in Dayton, Ohio tion living on the West Side was entirely cut off from com-munication until the morning of Friday, March 28, andthe entire city was without street lighting after the nightcf March 24. Transportation was, however, resumed onFriday morning on a number of the railroads, and withina few days nearly normal train service prevailed on all roads. The Columbus Railway & Light Company estimates itsloss in damage to property at $200,000. This amount addedto the loss in revenue from traffic will total in excess of$250,000. Seven cars were so badly damaged by the floodthat they are considered a total loss. All but one of thesewere double-truck prepayment cars. The West Broad Street carhouse is practically a totalwreck. This building faced the direction of the flood. Con-sequently the doors were forced open and the force of thecurrent and drift pushed all the cars through the rear ofthe building.
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