. The street railway review . ppreciatethis arrangement and he has received a number of lettersfrom employes and others commending the company fordoing tliis. They have been able to utilize their ]>resentdepot force to look after the coffee, except at one placewhere <jne man has to be put on for that special purposebecause some of the largest lines run in there. At thislargest depot there are 450 men. and at the other two,200 and 370. The cost of putting the arrangements inat three depots was a little over $200. The cost per dayvaries greatlv but Mr. McCormack thinks that both com-pany a
. The street railway review . ppreciatethis arrangement and he has received a number of lettersfrom employes and others commending the company fordoing tliis. They have been able to utilize their ]>resentdepot force to look after the coffee, except at one placewhere <jne man has to be put on for that special purposebecause some of the largest lines run in there. At thislargest depot there are 450 men. and at the other two,200 and 370. The cost of putting the arrangements inat three depots was a little over $200. The cost per dayvaries greatlv but Mr. McCormack thinks that both com-pany and men are benefited b\ this plan; in which he isno doubt right as it keeps them in a better humor, in abetter condition for their work, and removes much of thetemptation to visit saloons. GUTTER TRACK RAIL. A steel rail rolled to usual lengths, weighing thirtypounds to the yard, and to be laid to standard gage onlongitudinal stringers resting on cross ties; is proposedb\ lolin ()l)onnell. of Lowville, N. as a solution of. TRACK FOR TEAMS. the good roads problem. He also recommends it forarteries of heavy teaming in cities. The inventor esti-mates the cost of construction at $3,000 per mile of sin-gle track, without paving. It would seem difficult tokeep the rail clear in snowy or freezing weather, andthe first cost and maintenance would be a serious ques-tion for any conununity. A BROOKLYN RUNAWAY. A Brooklyn electric car on the Vanderbilt avenue linerecently dashed away down hill all by itself. When itstopped a mile away the motorman and conductor werethe worst scared men in greater New York. It seemsthat when the two-bells were given and the currentturned on, the car didnt start, so both the men got offthe platforms to investigate. Just as they had decidedthat nothing was the matter, the car gave a jump andstarted off. The trolley pole finally jolted off the wireand the runaway stopped. The cause of the accidentwas probably a circuit-breaker opening at the powerhouse. Th
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