. Electric railway review . Routes of Electric Freight Service Centering in New Bedford. office for the use of the Manager and clerks of the freightdepartment is located on the aide of the building nearesistreet corners, as shown in one of the engravings, as anextension of the receiving shed. The outside of the shed iseffectively lighted by three groups of five 16-candlepowerincandescent lamps, each group being mounted in an oldwooden tub, which is painted white inside and serves as areflector. The freight handling business is conducted by a separate department of the Dartmouth & Westport Stre
. Electric railway review . Routes of Electric Freight Service Centering in New Bedford. office for the use of the Manager and clerks of the freightdepartment is located on the aide of the building nearesistreet corners, as shown in one of the engravings, as anextension of the receiving shed. The outside of the shed iseffectively lighted by three groups of five 16-candlepowerincandescent lamps, each group being mounted in an oldwooden tub, which is painted white inside and serves as areflector. The freight handling business is conducted by a separate department of the Dartmouth & Westport Street Railway,under the management of Mr. Edward F. Nicholson. E. , general superintendent of all the electric lines center-ing in New Bedford, has oversight of the freight business inaddition to his other duties, but the operating details arehandled by Mr. Nicholson, who gives his whole time to theexpress traffic. The classification of express matter andfreight is based largely upon the standard classification of. Electric Freight Handling at New Bedford. Mass.—Original FreightStation in New Bedford. steam railroad freight as used by the Pennsylvania and othercompanies, although in cases where the merchandise cannotbe handled profitably at the regular steam rates or there-abouts, a special charge is made for the prompt service ofthe trolley express. In general the company handles all mer-chandise which can be brought to its terminal by wagon, andthe variety of articles transported is very great, ranging fromprescriptions to furniture and beef. Explosives are not han-dled by the company. Daily service is maintained as follows in the freight de-partment: Cars leave the Rhode Island Companys freightstation in Providence for Fall River at 10 a. m„ 3 p. m. and5 p. and for New Bedford at 12 noon and 5 p. m. Carsleave Fall River for Providence at 8:30 a. m. and 12:30, 3aid 5:30 p. and for New Bedford at 8:30 and 10:15 a. m.,1:15, 3 and 4:45 p. m. Cars leave New Bedfo
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