. The Street railway journal . ovides instruc-tion and entertainment for them. The service stripe system wasalso introduced by Mr. Harrington, and a stripe is given for eachfive years of service. Faithful service is also rewarded by each em-ployee being presented with a uniform after five years of serviceand each succeeding year until ten years are reached. After com-pleting ten years, and each succeeding year until fifteen years havebeen completed, the employees are given a uniform and an over-coat. For each year after fifteen years have been served, the menare presented with two uniforms and
. The Street railway journal . ovides instruc-tion and entertainment for them. The service stripe system wasalso introduced by Mr. Harrington, and a stripe is given for eachfive years of service. Faithful service is also rewarded by each em-ployee being presented with a uniform after five years of serviceand each succeeding year until ten years are reached. After com-pleting ten years, and each succeeding year until fifteen years havebeen completed, the employees are given a uniform and an over-coat. For each year after fifteen years have been served, the menare presented with two uniforms and an overcoat. Mr. Harring-ton was president of the Electrical Section of the Franklin Insti-tute in 1898, and has been a member of the American Institute ofElectrical Engineers since 1889. He has presented papers on en-gineering subjects before various technical bodies, including theAmerican Street Railway Association. Mr. Harrington has ma-tured no definite plan for the future. He will take a well deservedrest of a few \V. E. HARRINGTON Street Railway Journal Vol. XVI. NEW YORK AND CHICAGO, DECEMBER 1, 1900. No. 48. THE REPAIR SHOPS OF THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY The main shops of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Companypresent to-day one of the most complete examples ofmodern methods in the systematic handling of street rail-way repairs. The shops are located at Fifty-Second Streetand Second Avenue, South Brooklyn, near one of the com-panys largest power stations. Thev are the mechanical and the plans given will enable the reader to thoroughlyunderstand the general arrangement. Two maxims havebeen adopted by which all work in the shop is guided : Oneis to move large material as seldom and as short a distanceas possible, and the other to never pass the same point twicewith any piece of apparatus under repair. The latter is as
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