. The street railway review . ider the resignation from the presi-dency, made last fall, and remain at the head. This isby a very urgent request of the board of directors andsome of the largest bondholders. The report for the j-ear shows that the expendituresexceeded the i eceipts by $24,412. The expendituresconsists of the operating expenses, fixed charges, and$143,283 spent for additions to take care of expositiontraffic, and paving. The receipts were $497,289;operating expenses, $257,157; fixed charges, $121, operating expense per car mile was $.114. White caps are worn in summer b)-
. The street railway review . ider the resignation from the presi-dency, made last fall, and remain at the head. This isby a very urgent request of the board of directors andsome of the largest bondholders. The report for the j-ear shows that the expendituresexceeded the i eceipts by $24,412. The expendituresconsists of the operating expenses, fixed charges, and$143,283 spent for additions to take care of expositiontraffic, and paving. The receipts were $497,289;operating expenses, $257,157; fixed charges, $121, operating expense per car mile was $.114. White caps are worn in summer b)- conductors of theBaltimore Traction Company. ;550 (placet l^iUoy-S^Vmv^ DERAILING SWITCHES ON CLEVELANDDRAW BRIDGES. The Cleveland Electric Railway has changed thelocation of the lever which conductors must pull inorder to throw the derailing switch into straight track,on the draw bridges. Heretofore the lever was placedat the switch; now a wire has been run from the switch,which is lOO feet from the draw, to the edge of the. DERAILING SWITCH AT CLEVELAND. draw, so conductors absolutely can make no mistake asto the position of the draw. The city has also strength-ened the bridge gates by the addition of a rolled steelangle iron which extends the full length of the gate,about the middle. Cars must come to a full stop atderailing switch, while conductor runs the lOO feet, andwhile a little time is lost, the safe passage of the car isvery greatly enhanced. CABLE CUTS MANHATTANS EARNINGS. The effect of the extension of cable roads in New Yorkupon the elevated roads is reduced to dollars and cents inthe last quarterly statement of the Manhattan report covers up to March 31, and shows a deficitof $65,239, after paying the quarterly dividend of lyiper cent. This is one of the worst showings ever total income for the period was $995,179, against$1,108,873 last year and $1,199,682 in 1894. Morethan one and a quarter million less passengers were car-ried than last y
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