. Electric railway journal . ps per thousand car-miles 0 .7i Brake shoes per thousand car-miles 0 . 90 The curves shown were plotted from values takenfrom the weekly report of pull-ins and in general theyshow that the peaks during the winter months are dueto severe snow conditions. The armature curve wasgiven an upward turn due to lightning trouble duringthe summer months and the general trend of motor leadand field troubles is downward. The percentages ofcrippled cars averages per cent, which is a compara-tively low figure. The general tendency of both the repaired and re-wound armature c
. Electric railway journal . ps per thousand car-miles 0 .7i Brake shoes per thousand car-miles 0 . 90 The curves shown were plotted from values takenfrom the weekly report of pull-ins and in general theyshow that the peaks during the winter months are dueto severe snow conditions. The armature curve wasgiven an upward turn due to lightning trouble duringthe summer months and the general trend of motor leadand field troubles is downward. The percentages ofcrippled cars averages per cent, which is a compara-tively low figure. The general tendency of both the repaired and re-wound armature curves is downward, with an upwardturn in the winter on account of snow conditions andagain in summer due to severe electrical storms. The high peak on all the curves occurred duringFebruary, 1920, and it will be recalled that this wasa particularly severe period in regard to weather con-ditions. The peak in the armature curve for July,1920, includes seventy-six failures which occurred asa result of a severe electrical Motor Cable Leads Are Securely Cleated in Position August 20, 1921 Electric Railway Journal 283 Des Moines Rides Buses and Walks Public Calamity Being Enacted with Meager Public Concern — Dilapidated and Crude Buses Trying toReplace Street Cars, While Many Walk or Stay Home—No Great EffortToward Solution Being Made By Observer DES MOINES, the capital city of Iowa, with apopulation of 126,000, has harassed its streetrailway company until it has been forced to ceaseoperation, thereby imposing on the citizens what islittle short of a public calamity, though but partiallyrealized as yet at the end of the first week, when thisis written. Every effort was made by the company toeffect a settlement of the difficulties and warning wasgiven of the necessity to shut down unless some solutionwere promptly found. The city authorities, the news-papers, and the people generally, seemed to believe thiswas only a bluff and refused to take the matter seri-ously. The shu
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