. The street railway review . mostof them have wheel guards. The Brill cars are equipped with Brill sand boxes, and in addi-tion to the sand boxes, which are on all the cars, in some cases anopen box is carried attached to the front of the dash board, fromwhich the motorman can distribute sand by hand on the rail whennecessary. Sand is also carried, in some cases, in a bucket on theplatform. Some of the sand boxes used were designed and madeby W, A. Mitchell, of Saco. Me. Nearly all the cars are fitted withthe Wilson trolley pole catchers furnished by the Frank Ridlon Co.,of Boston, and the ma
. The street railway review . mostof them have wheel guards. The Brill cars are equipped with Brill sand boxes, and in addi-tion to the sand boxes, which are on all the cars, in some cases anopen box is carried attached to the front of the dash board, fromwhich the motorman can distribute sand by hand on the rail whennecessary. Sand is also carried, in some cases, in a bucket on theplatform. Some of the sand boxes used were designed and madeby W, A. Mitchell, of Saco. Me. Nearly all the cars are fitted withthe Wilson trolley pole catchers furnished by the Frank Ridlon Co.,of Boston, and the management speaks very highly of this device. 492 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. X, No. 9. New Haven fare registers are used on the Cape Elizabeth the lines where a multiplicity of fares are collected, the con-ductors carry bell punches, and register fares by punching slips ofdifferent colored pasteboard, which are suspended from clampsattached to the coat. There are 270 trainmen, the pay of each being $175 per day, or 20. KIG. 13 TlKEVS KKIDCE. cents an hour for extra men. The men are required to wear regularfull uniform, and in winter they wear ulsters that are all alike. .-^number of conductors are college or university men, who workduring their vacations; others are country boys, or men fromneighboring cities in the state. Besides the cars described, the company owns a fine parlor car,built by the Brill company, which is hired to private parties, as maybe desired. Transfers are issued on all connecting lines, exceptthat to Cape Elizabeth. In winter the company is required to cartthe snow away from the tracks in the city and for this purposecountry teams are used. For these, with one driver and a pair ofhorses, $4 per day is paid, a standing arrangement being madewith the owners of country teams, which report for service when-
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