. Electric railway review . Uows: Year ended September :!0— 1907. 1906. Interest $ $ Taxes 966,975 Rentals Subway Ientals Depreciation fniul Total $3,532,744 $3,475,882 .Mileage and passenger statistics make the following com-parison: 1907. 1906. Revenue miles ,608 Passengers 271,084,815 EXAMINATION INTO OPERATING RESULTS ON THECHICAGO ELEVATED LOOP. We have been furnished certain operating figures and con-clusions reached by Kord. Bacon & Davis of .\ew York in thecourse of a lengthy, detailed
. Electric railway review . Uows: Year ended September :!0— 1907. 1906. Interest $ $ Taxes 966,975 Rentals Subway Ientals Depreciation fniul Total $3,532,744 $3,475,882 .Mileage and passenger statistics make the following com-parison: 1907. 1906. Revenue miles ,608 Passengers 271,084,815 EXAMINATION INTO OPERATING RESULTS ON THECHICAGO ELEVATED LOOP. We have been furnished certain operating figures and con-clusions reached by Kord. Bacon & Davis of .\ew York in thecourse of a lengthy, detailed examination into conditions existing on the Union elevated loop of Chicago. The examina-tion, which is now in progress, is to be thorough. It will em-brace all the causes of congestion and therefore a detailedstudy into the variation of traffic and of the movement The expense of an examination of so wide a scope asis planned will necessarily be great. WTlile the examination will continue for some time, data. M /S /6 Operating Results in Chicago—Variation of Running Time onLoop with Number of Trains on Loop. have Ijeeu ol)lained, and are |)resented herewith, to show theimprovement which has been effected in handling trains on thelooi) in rush hours. Two years prior to the liegiuning of thepresent examination hord. Bacon & Davis made a report onlines so .-similar to those which were followed in securing someof the results desired now that the operation of trains in thetwo periods can be compared fairly. It will be recalled that the Union looii of Chicago accom-modates four elevated railways, which gather passengers invarious parts of the more closely settled districts of the Union loop structure coniju-ises two tracks and thereforetwo loops—an inner and an outer. The outer loop is used bythe .Northwestern Elevated Railroad and the Chicago & OakPark Elevated Railroad. The congestion on the outer loop isnot now the most serious part of the situation agains
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