. Electric railway journal . with its own type 0-1 oil switch of very large capacity, it beingexpected that this generous capacity of the oil switchwill eliminate one of the common sources of troubleresulting from oil switches of insufficient capacity. Inthe two-unit stations either machine can be connectedto either line by manipulating the disconnect of the circuit breakers are remote-control solenoidoperated. The lightning arresters on the two-unit sub-stations are mounted on the roof between the twotowers, while on the Price Hill substation they aremounted on a rack which has b
. Electric railway journal . with its own type 0-1 oil switch of very large capacity, it beingexpected that this generous capacity of the oil switchwill eliminate one of the common sources of troubleresulting from oil switches of insufficient capacity. Inthe two-unit stations either machine can be connectedto either line by manipulating the disconnect of the circuit breakers are remote-control solenoidoperated. The lightning arresters on the two-unit sub-stations are mounted on the roof between the twotowers, while on the Price Hill substation they aremounted on a rack which has been placed on the frontwall of the building. Employees of the electric railway serving Geneva,Switzerland, have accepted a reduction of an amountequivalent to $ per month in their wages, effectiveOct. 1, according to advices to the Department of Com-merce. The employees based their protest against thedecrease on the ground that up to that time there hadbeen no proportionate reduction in the cost of living 1104 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 58, No. 26 Analysis of Weekly Pass at Youngstown Rate of Increase in Revenue So Far Is Double and Rate of Increase in Riding Is Quadruple That ofNon-Pass Lines in Same District—Density and Earnings per Car-Mile Show Sub-stantial Rise—Jitneys Cut Almost in Half and More Going THE combination of jitney competition, of asevere industrial depression and reduced purchas-ing power by most of those who were left at workled the Youngstown Municipal Railway (a subsidiary ofthe Republic Railway & Light Company) to seek reliefin something other than a higher rate of fare. Underits service-at-cost sliding or, in this case, climbing scalethe fare had gone up to 9 cents cash and 8h cents a still higher fare offered neither the likelihood ofmore revenue nor of more service to the public, thecompany took the opposite tack and decided to reducefares. The form of fare reduction, however, is decidedlynovel for an American city
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