. Electric railway journal . ach car is tabu-lated also when a new car is received for service to serve in part as a check on the accuracy of repair reports in which the types of equipment are named. The back of this card is used for record-ing the car-painting data as well as in-formation regarding damage in basis of comparison for efficiency is obtained from the monthly service record. This form records day by day .the number of each class of defects which led to run-ins and also shows the number of cars returned to service in■each instance. On the back of the same card a similar r
. Electric railway journal . ach car is tabu-lated also when a new car is received for service to serve in part as a check on the accuracy of repair reports in which the types of equipment are named. The back of this card is used for record-ing the car-painting data as well as in-formation regarding damage in basis of comparison for efficiency is obtained from the monthly service record. This form records day by day .the number of each class of defects which led to run-ins and also shows the number of cars returned to service in■each instance. On the back of the same card a similar record is made to cover motor troubles. A daily total of the mileageTim by all cars, as taken from the dispatchers daily car-mile sheet, is written on a loose-leaf sheet, and this with the de- Through the courtesy of W. R. Alberger, general man-ager San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railways, the ac-companying organization chart of that company is pre-sented. This chart has recently been compiled, and copies Bonrd of Directors. EUclric Ely. Journal San Francisco-Oakland Organization Chart have been made for use in the offices of the company. Itwill be found of interest in connection with other chartsof operating organizations which have been published inthis paper. December 6, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL POWER DISTRIBUTION ON THE TWIN CITY SYSTEM The steam power plant which supplements the output oftwo water-power plants from which the system of the TwinCity Rapid Transit Company is supplied with power hasbeen undergoing material changes. The plant originallycontained four 5000-hp vertical reciprocating engines,which have been replaced by one 14,000-kw turbine andthree 15,000-kw turbines, and the space originally plannedfor a fifth engine has been occupied by two 5000-kwturbines for the past eight years. The distributing systemhas also been improved by the addition of two new sub-stations, Girard and University, while new equipment hasbeen installed in the Snelling substation
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