. Electric railway journal . ion, printing and binding plantwhich is adequate to supply all of the companys print-ing needs except tickets and transfers. It is installedin a modern fireproof building with high ceilings andnatural light and occupies 3,400 of floor composing room is equipped with all sizes andfaces of type and the necessary type cases, form stones,etc. The equipment of the press room includes a 35X 47-in. bed Whitlock cylinder press for printing theweekly and monthly editions of the Raihuayan and otherlarge forms, a 12 x 18-in. Gordon press having aMiller automa
. Electric railway journal . ion, printing and binding plantwhich is adequate to supply all of the companys print-ing needs except tickets and transfers. It is installedin a modern fireproof building with high ceilings andnatural light and occupies 3,400 of floor composing room is equipped with all sizes andfaces of type and the necessary type cases, form stones,etc. The equipment of the press room includes a 35X 47-in. bed Whitlock cylinder press for printing theweekly and monthly editions of the Raihuayan and otherlarge forms, a 12 x 18-in. Gordon press having aMiller automatic feeder and a 10 x 15-in. Gordon pressfor small forms. There is also a semi-automatic powerpaper cutter. The bindery is equipped with a wirestitching machine, a punching machine and a foldingmachine. 762 Electric Eailway Journal Vol. 55, No. 15 North Shore Line Adopts Safety Cars Initial Installation of Ten Cars Shows an Increase in Gross Revenue as a Result of theImproved Service-^Some Changes in Car Design Are Described. WAUKEGAN SAFETY CAR WITH NEW TYPE OF TRUCK A N INITIAL installation of ten safety cars has beenZ\ made in Waukegan, 111., by the Chicago, NorthJ. \. Shore & Milwaukee Railroad. This number issufficient to equip the North Avenue line completely■except for rush-hour service. This line runs from the■Great Lakes Naval Training Station through NorthChicago to the northern limits of Waukegan, a distance•of nearly 6 milesl By the use of these safety cars theheadway on this line has been reduced from fifteen min-utes to eight minutes. The running time for a trip oneway is thirty minutes, which is equivalent to a schedulespeed of , not including lay-overs. The carmileage operated has been increased from 816 per dayto 1,778. The safety car operators are paid a bonus of10 cents per hour, bringing their total hourly rate upto 60 cents. An interesting feature of this installation is that thesafety cars operate over the through Chicago-Mil-waukee inter
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