. The street railway review . rt for the appointment of three commissionersto assess damages as provided by the statute; the commis-sioners appointed were three business men who viewed thepremises, heard testimony and the arguments of attor-neys, and awarded damages to the amount of 6 cents,all concurring. The introduction of X-ray photographs as evidence indamage cases proved to be a novelty a short time ago, andnow the fluoroscope is used to determine whether or notbones have been crushed or displaced. In the suit againstthe Nassau Electric Railroad Company for injury to a nine-year-old boy,
. The street railway review . rt for the appointment of three commissionersto assess damages as provided by the statute; the commis-sioners appointed were three business men who viewed thepremises, heard testimony and the arguments of attor-neys, and awarded damages to the amount of 6 cents,all concurring. The introduction of X-ray photographs as evidence indamage cases proved to be a novelty a short time ago, andnow the fluoroscope is used to determine whether or notbones have been crushed or displaced. In the suit againstthe Nassau Electric Railroad Company for injury to a nine-year-old boy, the jurymen made examinations with thefluoroscope. MINIATURE TROLLEY CAR AT DESMOINES. During the annual Iowa State Fair at Des Moines, thecitizens of that progressive place invariably endeavor tomake their city present an attractive appearance to welcomethe thousands of visitors which flock to the capital to cele-brate what is one of the important events of the yearin that great agricultural state. The Des Moines City Rail-. ILIU A STATE FAIR. way fully enters into the spirit of the occasion along withthe rest, and this year Superintendent W. G. Owens hadconstructed a trolley car one-half the size of one of thestandard closed cars in use on the road, exact in every was placed on top of the companys central transfer depotand waiting room, and brilliantly illuminated with 300 col-ored lights. The wheels and trolley wheel were revolvedby a }i-h. p. motor, which also changed the color of thelights while revolving, giving a beautiful effect. It wasindeed a novelty and attracted the attention it deserved. VESTIBULES IN NEW JERSEY. It will be remembered that at the last session of the NewJersey legislature a law was passed which after attemptingto remedy abad blunder now reads that the street railways ofthat state equip their cars with vestibules for use betweenNovember i and March i of the same year. There appearsto be division of opinion among the New Jersey managersas t
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