. Electric railway journal . id Samuel Lake, connected with the Fed-eral Railroad Department, has been inOhio for several days, inspecting in-terurban railways with a view to mak-ing recommendations for an increasein their carrying facilities wherevernecessary in order to furnish the de-sired aid to steam roads. He and Dugan, representing the Ohio Pub-lic Utilities Commission, spent severaldays in and around Toledo and alsovisited other points in NorthwesternOhio. Toledo, being an important interur-ban center, may be selected as the lo-cation for a large freight station. Ifit is found nec
. Electric railway journal . id Samuel Lake, connected with the Fed-eral Railroad Department, has been inOhio for several days, inspecting in-terurban railways with a view to mak-ing recommendations for an increasein their carrying facilities wherevernecessary in order to furnish the de-sired aid to steam roads. He and Dugan, representing the Ohio Pub-lic Utilities Commission, spent severaldays in and around Toledo and alsovisited other points in NorthwesternOhio. Toledo, being an important interur-ban center, may be selected as the lo-cation for a large freight station. Ifit is found necessary to have such abuilding, one may be leased or Toledo Terminal Railroad alreadyhas a building which would serve wellfor this purpose, should the location besuitable. To just what extent the in-terurban railways will be able to fur-nish aid will depend upon the increasein equipment that can be secured, afterthe present facilities have been de-veloped up to the limit. 522 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 52, No. 12. Wage Increase in Dallas.—Effectivefrom Sept. 1 the Dallas (Tex.) Rail-ways granted a war bonus of 4 centsan hour to its conductors and motor-men. The bonus will remain in effectduring the war. This is the second in-crease this year. Offices in New Location.—The of-fices of the Columbus Railway, Power& Light Company, Columbus, Ohio, solong located at 14 North High Street,have been moved to 104 North ThirdStreet, where more space and betterfacilities have been secured. Priority for Subway Construction.— Thei Public Service Commissioli forthe First District of New York has se-cured from the War Industries Boardat Washington priority certificates suffi-cient to insure the completion of essen-tial parts of the dual subway system. Trenton Company Removes Office.—The general office of the Trenton &Mercer County Traction Corporationhave been removed from the AmericanMechanic Bujlding, Trenton, N. J., tothe Broad Street Bank Building,where the entire sevent
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