. Electric railway journal . lution may not appeal to themanufacturers who do not meet this condition in otherlines of truck operation, namely the necessity of allow-ing cars to pass and then to resume position on thetracks until the next car comes. Delays to cars in ex-cess of five minutes, due to tower trucks working on July 15, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 93 the track, are subject to explanation unless absolutelyunavoidable. Comparison of Auto Trucks with Horses,Winter Service, Etc. It is rather difficult to compare the performance ofauto towers with horse-driven vehicles, whether formil
. Electric railway journal . lution may not appeal to themanufacturers who do not meet this condition in otherlines of truck operation, namely the necessity of allow-ing cars to pass and then to resume position on thetracks until the next car comes. Delays to cars in ex-cess of five minutes, due to tower trucks working on July 15, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 93 the track, are subject to explanation unless absolutelyunavoidable. Comparison of Auto Trucks with Horses,Winter Service, Etc. It is rather difficult to compare the performance ofauto towers with horse-driven vehicles, whether formileage, standing time, or costs per mile of overheadline. Yet it is significant that a 40-per cent increasein overhead line mileage has been handled without an in-crease in equipment. During the time that we had butone unit, we promptly took care of two serious breakswhich would have caused much delay to the transporta-tion department if horse equipment only had been avail-able. On that day the recorder registered 75 miles for. THIRD AVENUE LINE TRUCKS—USE OF WINCH IN PULLING OUTAND DRAGGING POLES ABOUT 250 FT.
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