. Electric railway journal . tions are maintained at the sources of supply, andan arrangement is in existence whereby these commodi-ties may be discharged along the main line at pointsclosely adjacent to the work in progress. A crew ismaintained for unloading these cars on a per car basis,and a nominal charge covering the actual cost for thiswork is assessed against the contractor. From 200 to300 cars of this commodity are handled each of the concrete material for a $500,000 viaduct re-cently completed over a network of railways was han-dled by the freight department of this company,
. Electric railway journal . tions are maintained at the sources of supply, andan arrangement is in existence whereby these commodi-ties may be discharged along the main line at pointsclosely adjacent to the work in progress. A crew ismaintained for unloading these cars on a per car basis,and a nominal charge covering the actual cost for thiswork is assessed against the contractor. From 200 to300 cars of this commodity are handled each of the concrete material for a $500,000 viaduct re-cently completed over a network of railways was han-dled by the freight department of this company, al-though in close competition with steam lines. An arrangement is in effect with a baggage transpor-tation company enabling patrons at various points alongthe electric line to check their baggage from their closeststation to railway passenger depots and vice versa. Theconductors are also supplied with baggage checks, andpick up trunks at way stations. The charge for thisservice is 50 cents per piece of baggage, and settle-. HANDLING FREIGHT TYPICAL FREIGHT TRAIN ON A BIRMINGHAM STREET ments are made monthly between the electric line andthe transfer company, based on baggage checks has proved a great convenience, and a remuner-ative one. Statistics op Operation At the present time twelve freight agency stationsare maintained. The company operates a total of 150miles of main track and sidings. Probably 50 per centof this is crosstown lines, on which no freight trainsare operated. The freight equipment consists of fourmotor cars, nineteen box cars, four flat cars, and seven-teen gondola cars. The floor space occupied in depotsexclusive of the Birmingham station amounts to 8400sq. ft. Accurate figures for 1916 are not available at thetime of this writing, but figures hereafter quoted areapproximately correct: Gross passenger revenue for 1916 $1,925,458 Gross freight revenue 57,120 Gross freight revenue per mile of track Gross passenger revenue per mile of track 1
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