. Electrical world. .M. and continues until I oclock at night. While the intra-mural is not running after 10 oclock, about ten automobiles areused at night carrying the pleasure seekers on the Pike to the Inside record, as not one accident of any kind has occurred with theirvehicles. This is due largely to a rigid system of inspection tokeep the automobiles in good condition, and to the careful instruc-tion of all its operators. There is no prescribed speed regulation,because fast driving would defeat the purpose of the trip, which isto give the passengers a chance to comprehend the beautiful
. Electrical world. .M. and continues until I oclock at night. While the intra-mural is not running after 10 oclock, about ten automobiles areused at night carrying the pleasure seekers on the Pike to the Inside record, as not one accident of any kind has occurred with theirvehicles. This is due largely to a rigid system of inspection tokeep the automobiles in good condition, and to the careful instruc-tion of all its operators. There is no prescribed speed regulation,because fast driving would defeat the purpose of the trip, which isto give the passengers a chance to comprehend the beautiful sur-roundings. The automobiles seldom if ever exceed eight miles anhour. Each driver must be an experienced chauffeur and beforetaking charge of a vehicle is tutored by an instructor with ref-erence to the care and operation of the automobile and also regard-ing the fact and figures about the exposition which will be of interestto his future passengers. The company has built a garage and charging station at the east. FIG. 3.—STATION OX ELECTRIC Inn or to the distant entrances. In order to reduce the fire hazard,all gasoline automobiles are excluded from the grounds, which leavesthe field exclusively to storage battery vehicles. The Worlds FairAutomobile Transit Company had no precedent by which to gaugethe needs of such service, and had no standard of equipment. Thereare a number of different types of vehicles in use, some of which havebeen acquired from the Buffalo Transportation Company, the BostonAuto Express Company and others, the vehicles being modified tosuit the local conditions. One of the landaus in use was that which FIG. 5.—VIEW ALONG THE TRACK. end of the Model City and near the De Forest tower. Three 50-hpgas engines are belted to Edison iio-volt generators to supply thecurrent. The leads extend to the charging plugs along one side ofthe building where fifty-five batteries can be charged at a time. An-other charging station is down town at the corner
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