. Electric railway journal . H Team Side of Springfield Station, Ohio Electric Railway g character are not constructed until the firm has been thor- | oughly investigated and has guaranteed to ship a certain g number of cars per month or year over the railway com- M panys lines. Until a decision was rendered recently by g the Interstate Commerce Commission, it had been the g custom for railway companies to furnish all labor and g materials for a side track at the expense of the industry. = The industry, however, was reimbursed later by a rebate. Combination Passenger and Freight Station, Lehig
. Electric railway journal . H Team Side of Springfield Station, Ohio Electric Railway g character are not constructed until the firm has been thor- | oughly investigated and has guaranteed to ship a certain g number of cars per month or year over the railway com- M panys lines. Until a decision was rendered recently by g the Interstate Commerce Commission, it had been the g custom for railway companies to furnish all labor and g materials for a side track at the expense of the industry. = The industry, however, was reimbursed later by a rebate. Combination Passenger and Freight Station, LehighValley Transit Company 1 of $1 or $2 per car of freight moved to or from theJ plant. WAGON PICK-UP AND DELIVERYReports from more than 100 interurban railways inU the United States indicate that very few of them main- Cars at Rough-Freight Shed, Detroit United Railway entire express and freight business to an independent ex- g press and freight company which also operates a collec- g tion and delivery service, for which it collects practically g old-line express rates. In general, the railway companies g appear to consider the wagon pick-up and delivery service g undesirable, particularly when it is handled by the com- g panys own organization. It means an enlargment of the g organization and places the electric railway in a field of g transportation with which most traffic men are not fa- g miliar. In a few instances the railway company has been g forced to resort to wagon collection and delivery service. g These are where the franchise
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