. The street railway review . & Philadelphia, Pa., Elec-tric Railway by having two cars run close together, thefirst Hying a red flag to indicate that another follows closebehind. A blue flag indicates that the car di.^playing it isa special and not available to the public during that par-ticular trip. An Indiana poet has dedicated these lines to the carwith the flat wheel: Tlie street car goes upon its way With rattle, bang and clack,It makes a dozen trips a day When it stays upon the old and racked, its wheels are flat, It goes with jerk and sooner than ride in a thing lik
. The street railway review . & Philadelphia, Pa., Elec-tric Railway by having two cars run close together, thefirst Hying a red flag to indicate that another follows closebehind. A blue flag indicates that the car di.^playing it isa special and not available to the public during that par-ticular trip. An Indiana poet has dedicated these lines to the carwith the flat wheel: Tlie street car goes upon its way With rattle, bang and clack,It makes a dozen trips a day When it stays upon the old and racked, its wheels are flat, It goes with jerk and sooner than ride in a thing like that Wed rather take the mud. 4-28 (^i?i£ctli\ailM%lf^e^^. With this issue the Review introduces to its readers anew department, designed especially for the purchasingagent, although the matter which will appear month bymonth will, no doubt, be of interest to all of our purchasing of supplies for a street railway com-pany is an important department, for here is opportunityfor wasteful expenditures, which will make a bad show-ing in the annual report. An efficient purchasing agent,however, has a splendid opportunity to make a record forhimself and his road by being economical in the adminis-tration of his department. This department of the Review is thrown open to thepurchasing agents with the invitation to use it. TheReview will be glad to receive communications regard-ing methods of work, humorous incidents, blanks used,forms of keeping accounts, questions of any sort relatingto to the purchasing agents work, and any other infor-mation that the agent thinks would be of interest toothers in his line of work. Supply men are also in
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