. Electric railway journal . Large Car Rebuilt for Operation with Safety Devices Combination to the weight of the cars, say, 7i tons as compared to14 and 15 tons, or a saving of about 50 per cent. The following table gives comparison of the car-milesand earnings of the safety versus the old open-type ofequipment: MICHIGAN-HYDE PARK-1918- Car-Miles January (27 days) 34,800 February 44,331 March 48,866 April 48,528 May 50,222 June 48,203 July 49,220 August 49,041 Cents PerCar-Mile 22 0 20 4 19 2 July (26 days).August WEST TAMPA31,670 i 39,335 5 20 9 Car-Miles26,65037,309
. Electric railway journal . Large Car Rebuilt for Operation with Safety Devices Combination to the weight of the cars, say, 7i tons as compared to14 and 15 tons, or a saving of about 50 per cent. The following table gives comparison of the car-milesand earnings of the safety versus the old open-type ofequipment: MICHIGAN-HYDE PARK-1918- Car-Miles January (27 days) 34,800 February 44,331 March 48,866 April 48,528 May 50,222 June 48,203 July 49,220 August 49,041 Cents PerCar-Mile 22 0 20 4 19 2 July (26 days).August WEST TAMPA31,670 i 39,335 5 20 9 Car-Miles26,65037,30937,43736,84838,,98737,852 21,74025,822 -1917- Cents 22 5 23 620. 220 The rich are leaving their automobiles at home, whilemany a cigarmaker who formerly walked a half dozenblocks to his home cannot resist the temptation to rideon those new safety cars. Another fact which proves the interest of the publicis that the proportion of riders with exact fares has cars choose their own runs o
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