. The street railway review . od. 12. Fourteen pound sledge. feet, for cutting grips, punches, wedges for forcing openslots, and a machine for hoisting out grips, made to be seton the edges of the gripmans aisle. For use in case of fireon the cable lines, a set of hose tripods for carrying thehose over the track so that the cars can run underneath,iskept suspended over the wagon so that it can be loweredonto the wagon at any time in case of a call to a fire. Alarms are given by telephone to the central telephoneoffice of the company at which place is also located a firealarm tapper. In this wa
. The street railway review . od. 12. Fourteen pound sledge. feet, for cutting grips, punches, wedges for forcing openslots, and a machine for hoisting out grips, made to be seton the edges of the gripmans aisle. For use in case of fireon the cable lines, a set of hose tripods for carrying thehose over the track so that the cars can run underneath,iskept suspended over the wagon so that it can be loweredonto the wagon at any time in case of a call to a fire. Alarms are given by telephone to the central telephoneoffice of the company at which place is also located a firealarm tapper. In this way verbal alarms can be given for the different crews and the men know before startingwhat to expect. At and State streets is located the combina-tion tower and wreck wagon which serves all the electriclines and does a regular wrecking service in the smalldistrict indicated on the map. However, in case thewrecking work is very heavy, another wagon is calledinstead. The regular crew for a wagon consists of two They are run two shifts to a day and do some work at thebarns at which they are located. The time made is fully equal to that made by the firedepartment. The run down town from Twentieth streetto Madison, a distance of nearly two miles, is made almostdaily inside of eight minutes. The wagon has answeredcalls three blocks from the barn in a minute and a half. THE GLASGOW MUNICIPAL TRAMWAYS. On July I the tramways of Glasgow, comprising 31miles of double track, were taken out of the hands of thecompany which leased them since 1870, and are nowoperated by the city. The lines were originally laid by
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