. The street railway review . rn Massachusetts, will befound especially useful. A spacecontaining some 240 sq. ft. hasbeen reserved for the informationbooth, and this will be handsome-ly fitted up with rugs and furni-ture,with writing materials, etc.,for the use of delegates and streetrailway men. In the booth willbe a library of guide books, notonly of Boston, but of , Plymouth and otherplaces which many of the dele-gates will wish to visit. Therewill also be a case containing folders of all the railroad compa-nies, with maps of Boston and surrounding cities. A special tele-p
. The street railway review . rn Massachusetts, will befound especially useful. A spacecontaining some 240 sq. ft. hasbeen reserved for the informationbooth, and this will be handsome-ly fitted up with rugs and furni-ture,with writing materials, etc.,for the use of delegates and streetrailway men. In the booth willbe a library of guide books, notonly of Boston, but of , Plymouth and otherplaces which many of the dele-gates will wish to visit. Therewill also be a case containing folders of all the railroad compa-nies, with maps of Boston and surrounding cities. A special tele-phone will be put in this booth, in addition to that in the mainbuilding, so that if any delegate wishes information which cannotl)e furnished by those in the booth, they will soon be able to sup-ply the want. This is the first time in the history of the Associa-tion that anything of the kind has been provided, and it is be-lieved that the Bureau of Information will prove one of the valu-able features of the Boston R. H. DERRAH. Another road which star;cd 01,t full of promises and ambitionto achieve success with a 4-cent fare is filled with sorrow andregret, and is imploring the city council for relief from condi-tions which it voluntarily assumed. For each 5-cent fare a cheekwas given the passenger, and five of these checks were ex-changeable for another ride. Now when transfers and improvedservice are desirable and demanded, the company finds itself un-able to comply. 586 ^tJied^HoMM^ieJA/* BOSTON TRADE NOTES. Meaker fare registers Tvill be noticed in the cars of tlie Boston road. The Barney & Smith Car Company has 90 of its closed motorcar bodies and 48 of its class G trucks on the Bostonroad. McCardell, West & Co., Treuton, N. J., have one of theirTrenton trolley wagons in service on the West End road. The Crane Company, of Chicago, has a large number of itsvalves in the different power houses of the Boston Elevated. S. D. Childs & Co., of 14U-142 Jiouroe
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