. The Street railway journal . snow. Ifthe storm starts in the night the men are called from theirhomes, and if the storm starts in the daytime they are calledin from their regular work. The instructions read that in caseof snow all men laying off must report to their stations imme-diately. Each plow is placed in complete charge of a desig-nated man, who is responsible for getting it into service andcovering the allotted territory. Trainmen on plows between the hours of 5 a. m. and 10 p. paid at a flat rate of 30 cents an hour; from 10 p. m. to5 a. m. they receive 40 cents per hour. The
. The Street railway journal . snow. Ifthe storm starts in the night the men are called from theirhomes, and if the storm starts in the daytime they are calledin from their regular work. The instructions read that in caseof snow all men laying off must report to their stations imme-diately. Each plow is placed in complete charge of a desig-nated man, who is responsible for getting it into service andcovering the allotted territory. Trainmen on plows between the hours of 5 a. m. and 10 p. paid at a flat rate of 30 cents an hour; from 10 p. m. to5 a. m. they receive 40 cents per hour. The regular pay oftrainmen on passenger cars is 20 cents, 21 cents and 22 centsan hour. Usually three or four men are placed on each plow. When necessary to operate the plows continuously for sev-eral hours, the plow crews are fed at the expense of the com-pany, the division superintendents having instructions to takethe men to the most convenient restaurant and give them agood meal. The men as a general rule do not object to the. THE NANCY HANKS plow service, and by picking the older men we get employeeswho will stand right by us until the fight is won, and the plowcrews take as much interest in keeping the lines open as do theofficials of the company. We have about twenty-five sand cars on the system, andwhen the conditions give rise to slippery rails the sand carsare sent out over all lines. We make it a practice to sand onlythe inside rail of each track, as this prevents wasting the sand,and it is found that one sanded rail is as effective as when sandis poured on both rails. In the city of Buffalo the city authorities remove all snowfrom the principal streets after our plows have piled it at theside of the tracks, the railway company paying an agreed pro-portion of the cost. We have about 40 miles of snow fences along our suburbanand interurban lines, and have adopted the New York Centraltype of fence. C. A. Coons, Superintendent of Transportation.— The street railway compan
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