. Electric railway journal . ho represented E. W. Rice, Jr. Past-Presidents Mc-Carter, Sergeant, Storrs, Ely and Henry were present,as were also P. H. Gadsden, J. K. Choate and C. , on invitation. 470 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 10 Some Startling Data Presented at PublicService Meeting THE meeting of the Public Service Railway companysection held on Feb. 21 was an economy meetingin that all of the discussion centered around the neces-sity for doing things which will offset the rapidlymounting cost of operation. Martin Schreiber, chiefengineer, read a carefully prepared paper
. Electric railway journal . ho represented E. W. Rice, Jr. Past-Presidents Mc-Carter, Sergeant, Storrs, Ely and Henry were present,as were also P. H. Gadsden, J. K. Choate and C. , on invitation. 470 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 10 Some Startling Data Presented at PublicService Meeting THE meeting of the Public Service Railway companysection held on Feb. 21 was an economy meetingin that all of the discussion centered around the neces-sity for doing things which will offset the rapidlymounting cost of operation. Martin Schreiber, chiefengineer, read a carefully prepared paper on SomeProblems of the Railway Business. R. E. Danforth,general manager, gave a forceful talk on the serious-ness of the situation confronting the electric read a letter from a prominent steam railroad mancommending Public Service Railway for its service onone line, and he stated that he believed that this par-ticular line was no more worthy of commendation thanmany others. Mr. Danforth attributed much of the IjO. FIG. 1—DIAGRAMS TO SHOW RATES OF CHANGE OF ELECTRICRAILWAY INCOME AND COSTS. FIG. 2—DIAGRAM SHOWING HOWMATERIALS COSTS HAVE INCREASED IN FIVE YEARS present difficulty in maintaining equipment to the fre-quent labor turnover. Further, he urged that neverwas it more important for the men to be careful ofthe equipment, as it is almost impossible to get sup-plies. Not only are parts such as car wheels, field coils,etc., very scarce, but operating conditions tend to usethem up more rapidly than when they are plenty. Forexample, recently a supply of 1600 car wheels was re-ceived by the company, but in four weeks they had allbeen used. Mr. Danforth said, however, that while conditionsare bad they will not compare with those in the trenchesat the front, and the men should do their work will-ingly and cheerfully. J. W. Brown, assistant superintendent, spoke on thesubject of optimism. He explained that the railwaywas pulling out of the worst winter in thirty yea
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