. The street railway review . with the AssociatedPress and remained with that organization until he resigned to be-come editor of the official publications of the New England StreetRailway Club. objectionable feature the form of cover illustrated herewith hasbeen devised. It will be noticed that the openings arc at an angleof 45° to the rails and this arrangement has been found to pre-vent the possibility of catching the caulks of the horses shoesand also gives better drainage, as the oblique openings do not clogso readily as either horizontal openings or round holes. These drains have been fo
. The street railway review . with the AssociatedPress and remained with that organization until he resigned to be-come editor of the official publications of the New England StreetRailway Club. objectionable feature the form of cover illustrated herewith hasbeen devised. It will be noticed that the openings arc at an angleof 45° to the rails and this arrangement has been found to pre-vent the possibility of catching the caulks of the horses shoesand also gives better drainage, as the oblique openings do not clogso readily as either horizontal openings or round holes. These drains have been found to work satisfactorily on sub-urban lines where tracks are filled in to the head of the rails,although they were primarily designed for city work in macadamor other pavement. The grates are made in two sections, as shown, to facilitatehandling, and one man can set or remove the grate without aid. The weight of grate and setting complete is 244 lb. and shouldcost about 2;/2 cents per lb., or $ complete. This does not. DRAIN ^V1TH oELIylK OPENINGS. include the cost of brick basins, which necessarily vary with thelocation. An average cost for city work where sewer connec-tions are handy will be about $ for the brick basin, or § basin and grate complete. Strikes of the Month. The Hannibal (Mo.) Railway & Electric Co. carried 660,074 pas-sengers during 1903, an increase of 237,328 over 1902. January 25th the Bloomington & Normal Electric & HeatingCo., of Bloomington, 111., whose employes went out on strike Jan-uary 1st. as reported in the Review for January, announced thatit had broken off negotiations with the union, as all its cars wererunning on schedule time and the strike was considered a thing ofthe past. Fifty-six strikers still held out. The strikers importedan automobile bus to run in opposition to the street cars, but thebus driver got intoxicated, created a disturbance and was arrestedand the bus taken out of service. explosion, presumab
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