. The street railway review . and get orders before he can proceed. the dispatcher at each siding where they do not meet a car, thefirst car over the road and the last car over the of each daywill call the dispatcher at all the sidings. This, of course, is acheck on our telephone system, as to whether it is working properlyor not; also, it docs not allow the conductor to run on his ownresponsibility. Special cars not run on regular time are run whollyby the dispatcher, that is, the dispatcher gives the conductor atthe car barn certain orders before he goes out on the road. This con-ducto
. The street railway review . and get orders before he can proceed. the dispatcher at each siding where they do not meet a car, thefirst car over the road and the last car over the of each daywill call the dispatcher at all the sidings. This, of course, is acheck on our telephone system, as to whether it is working properlyor not; also, it docs not allow the conductor to run on his ownresponsibility. Special cars not run on regular time are run whollyby the dispatcher, that is, the dispatcher gives the conductor atthe car barn certain orders before he goes out on the road. This con-ductor will go as far as he has orders to go and then call thedispatcher for further orders and the dispatcher is alone held re-sponsible to see that this extra car does not run in such a wayas to interfere with the regular service. In case the telephones on the line are out of order, the conductorsof regular cars must go strictly according to their time-tables andexpect to meet at sidings indicated as meeting points on the timc-. FIG. 11— OrKR-VTED BY UNIT CONTROL SYSTEXr. What has been said so far in regard to a car, is the same in re-gard to two or more cars coupled together, running as a cars are equipped with the General Electric multiple unit con-trol, and during summer months we use this to quite an two or more cars are coupled together in this way in a train,the signals are displayed, one on the forward end of the for-ward car, and the other on the rear end of the rear car. Conductors and motormen are held equally responsible to knowthat they are carrying the right colors, also to notice the colors table. Conductors running special cars, in this case, on arriving at asiding where the dispatcher has given him orders to call up, mustwait on that siding until some regular car comes along and citherprecede or follow the regular car on its regular time-table. Incase a conductor of a regular car arrives at a regular meeting place,ac
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