. The street railway review . will doubtless recall the remarks of Mr. H. J. Lakeregarding the care required to keep clean cars thatare operated in the oil and gas regions. .\ greasy andgritty coating forms on the cars and would gatherdust and destroy the varnish were it allowed to ac-cumulate. Accordingly, the cars are thoroughlycleaned after a days run before they are again putin ser\ice. One man can clean only two cars perday, going over the whole of them carefully. Forcar cleaning Knoxall soap, made by the HoosicrManufacturing Co., is used. A solution of this soapis kept in the car house a
. The street railway review . will doubtless recall the remarks of Mr. H. J. Lakeregarding the care required to keep clean cars thatare operated in the oil and gas regions. .\ greasy andgritty coating forms on the cars and would gatherdust and destroy the varnish were it allowed to ac-cumulate. Accordingly, the cars are thoroughlycleaned after a days run before they are again putin ser\ice. One man can clean only two cars perday, going over the whole of them carefully. Forcar cleaning Knoxall soap, made by the HoosicrManufacturing Co., is used. A solution of this soapis kept in the car house and diluted for use as need-ed, the proportion in the wash water as used being atablespoonful of soap to two gallons of water. Thisamount of soap softens the water and cleans thewoodwork. For cleaning trucks gasoline is used tocut the grease. Three cars at present give hourly service betweenMuncie and Montpelicr, making mileage as follows: A. 389 miles; B,.133 miles; C. 372 miles. On Deo. i>t regular two-hourly service was. STANDARD CAK, MUNCIE, HARTFORD & FT. WAYNE RT. this division, hourly service will be inaugurated and all cars runthrough. During the very hot weather last summer cars would be
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