. Electric railway journal . TY CARSIN KOKOMO Per Cent of Month 1919 1920 Increase Increase July 37,535 49,160 1 1,625 31 August 39,845 49,935 10,090 25 September 38,288 50,020 11,732 30 October 36,875 49,070 12,195 34 November 36,184 46,890 10,706 30 reduced the schedule speed from to , and theround trip running time increased from forty to forty-eight minutes. As a result of the new service numbers of passengerscarried increased as shown in Table I and the car-mileswere increased as shown in Table II. Cost op Operation as Affected by Safety Cars The power consumed by the eight
. Electric railway journal . TY CARSIN KOKOMO Per Cent of Month 1919 1920 Increase Increase July 37,535 49,160 1 1,625 31 August 39,845 49,935 10,090 25 September 38,288 50,020 11,732 30 October 36,875 49,070 12,195 34 November 36,184 46,890 10,706 30 reduced the schedule speed from to , and theround trip running time increased from forty to forty-eight minutes. As a result of the new service numbers of passengerscarried increased as shown in Table I and the car-mileswere increased as shown in Table II. Cost op Operation as Affected by Safety Cars The power consumed by the eight safety cars isapproximately the same as before, except that some littleadditional is required for heating because the new carsare better heated. The cost of power is,, therefore, prac-tically only increased due to increase in the cost of coaland other items of production. The total cost of maintenance of equipment is runningabout the same as before. Up to date repair materialfor the maintenance of the new cars has cost THE KOKOMO SAFETY CAR IS POPULAR m any of the air valves or equipment, etc., the inspectorsendsthe car to the shop. The same shop force handlesthe eight safety cars as previously looked after the fourdouble-truck cars. One car cleaner has been added. The reduction in the schedule speed from to was made with the idea of reducing the number of TABLE III—DETAILS OF KOKOMO SAFETY CAR Builder American Car Company Standard Birney Safety Seats 32 Motors GE-264-A Control K-10 double end Seats Brill Waylo Air compressor GE-CP-25, 10 ft. Governor GE-ML-A-1 Registers International air operated Signs Keystone collisions with automobiles and other vehicles. Thex-esult in this regard has been gratifying, while boardingand alighting accidents have been eliminated entirely. Some of the Reactions Produced At first the operators were skeptical as to the prac-ticability of the cars, as weli as their own ability tooperate them. However, this feeling ha
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