. The street railway review . Iowa & Illinois interurban line connecting Clinton andDavenport. Mr. Mathes stated that whenever an employe of the Dubuqueproperty performs an especially commendable act, he is given asubstantial reward. The amounts presented in each case varyaccording to the services performed, and in some cases havereached $50 and $75. During the afternoon session the members of the Iowa Street &Interurban Railway Association adjourned temporarily to anotherparlor of the hotel where the Iowa Electrical Association was insession in order to listen to an able discussion on The Pol
. The street railway review . Iowa & Illinois interurban line connecting Clinton andDavenport. Mr. Mathes stated that whenever an employe of the Dubuqueproperty performs an especially commendable act, he is given asubstantial reward. The amounts presented in each case varyaccording to the services performed, and in some cases havereached $50 and $75. During the afternoon session the members of the Iowa Street &Interurban Railway Association adjourned temporarily to anotherparlor of the hotel where the Iowa Electrical Association was insession in order to listen to an able discussion on The PoliticalStatus of Rate Regulation by the Hon. M. J. Wade, of IowaCity. The Friday morning session opened with the presentation of apaper on The Gasoline Car for Interurban Service by F WHild, chief engineer of the South-Western Wisconsin Ry., Du-buque, la. Mr. Hilds paper will be found on page 240. The discussion of this paper was especially interesting and somenew ideas were brought out. When questioned Mr. Hild stated. DERRICK AND PILE DRIVER CAR LOADING RAILS. that investigation as to the cost of operation alone, for a ruralline about 25 miles long, showed that with six or more trips a being a three-hour headway, the electric service is thecheaper. On fewer trips than this the gasoline method of opera-tion has the advantage, these comparisons being based on thecost of a gasoline-electric car rather than a straight gasoline. It was suggested by Mr. Hippee that gasoline motor cars suit-able for operation without a track might have a good field a>feeders for present electric lines. A. P. Jenks described some of the construction details of the May is, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW 247 Delaware & Hudson gasoline-electric car recently built by theGeneral Electric Co. The car complete weighs 625-2 tons andhalf of this weight is car body and trucks. The six cylinders ofthe engine are 10 x 10 in. in dimensions and the engine runs at425 r. p. m. The car has not met the earlie
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