. Electric railway journal . this new stateis: Yesterday in the electric railway business was theday of the franchise sellers and buyers, securitypromoters and sellers. To-day is the day of the trained engineers, tryingto make $1 of street car earnings do the work of $2,and slowly learning how to get the needs of the businessacross to the public. To-morrow is either to be the day of the merchantin this business, selling good service at a fair pricewith popular satisfaction by modern merchandisingmethods, or it is to be the day of municipal or of stateoperation under either public ownership or
. Electric railway journal . this new stateis: Yesterday in the electric railway business was theday of the franchise sellers and buyers, securitypromoters and sellers. To-day is the day of the trained engineers, tryingto make $1 of street car earnings do the work of $2,and slowly learning how to get the needs of the businessacross to the public. To-morrow is either to be the day of the merchantin this business, selling good service at a fair pricewith popular satisfaction by modern merchandisingmethods, or it is to be the day of municipal or of stateoperation under either public ownership or managementby trustees in the public interest. Whatever is to come to-morrow, communities thatlynch their street car systems to-day might as wiselydynamite their water supply systems. An Effective Home-Made Track Grinder By C. L. Carter Superintendent and Chief Engineer Charlottesville & AlbemarleRailway, Charlottesville, Va. ATRACK GRINDER made from old material in theshops of the Charlottesville & Albemarle Railway. TRACK GRINDER READY FOR SERVICE has proved of great assistance in making track consists of a framework of old rails, to connectthe wheels and axles, on which is mounted a 5-hp. 500-volt motor. The motor is belted to the emery-wheelshaft. A gear is mounted on one of the wheels whichmeshes with a pinion on a shaft extending across theframe of the grinder. A steering wheel from an oldautomobile is attached to the end of this shaft and byturning this the girder is moved back and forth overthe joint. A tool box is mounted on the opposite endof the grinder and under this a circuit of five lamps isinstalled to illuminate the joint when the work is beingdone at night. With this grinder and an Indianapoliswelder, four men can, in a single night, build up andgrind fifty joints, some of which are more than i Chicago Surface Lines Print4,000,000 Transfers a Day Printing Department of This System Has RecentlyBeen Enlarged and New Machinery Installedto Meet
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