. Electric railway journal . Mexico City Tramways—Latest Type Second-Class Car,Built by the Company way load for short periods when for any reason the hydro-electric transmission line fails or any of the substationsshut down. It frequently happens during the rainy seasonthat lightning strokes temporarily disable the transmissionlines, and at such times the battery automatically picks upthe Mexico City Tramways—Second-Class Trail Car The feeder lines and tie lines between substations areall carried overhead on steel poles with metal cross-arms. OPERATION OF CARS The ignorance and st
. Electric railway journal . Mexico City Tramways—Latest Type Second-Class Car,Built by the Company way load for short periods when for any reason the hydro-electric transmission line fails or any of the substationsshut down. It frequently happens during the rainy seasonthat lightning strokes temporarily disable the transmissionlines, and at such times the battery automatically picks upthe Mexico City Tramways—Second-Class Trail Car The feeder lines and tie lines between substations areall carried overhead on steel poles with metal cross-arms. OPERATION OF CARS The ignorance and stupidity of the average Mexican peon June 5, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1017 conductor, who is held in contempt by the upper classes,has made it necessary to adopt many peculiar practices inthe operation of the tramway cars. Some of these meth-ods would not appeal to managers of street railway sys-tems in the United States, but they are successful in Mexicoand are worthy of mention. The responsibility for the safeoperation of the cars is delegated almost entirely to themotormen, who are a superior class of employees, and theduties of the conductors are limited to collecting what fares fuse to pay and frequently have to call on the motormenor uniformed inspectors to collect the amount due. Thefact that they are in uniform gives them some little author-ity over the lower-class passen
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