. Electric railway journal . rvice is taken into account. As faras loss of business resulting from a 6-cent fare isconcerned, Mr. Brush felt that unquestionably therewould be a net profit, although a 20 per cent gain couldnot be expected. Some of the short-haul riders wouldbe lost, and there would not be enough falling off intraffic to offset the benefit of higher fares from thosewho continued to ride. New Derailing Train Stop Testedat Boston Train to Be Stopped Is Deflected Onto a BrokenStone Roadbed, Being Guided by Means ofWood and Steel Guard Rails In the presence of the engineering commit
. Electric railway journal . rvice is taken into account. As faras loss of business resulting from a 6-cent fare isconcerned, Mr. Brush felt that unquestionably therewould be a net profit, although a 20 per cent gain couldnot be expected. Some of the short-haul riders wouldbe lost, and there would not be enough falling off intraffic to offset the benefit of higher fares from thosewho continued to ride. New Derailing Train Stop Testedat Boston Train to Be Stopped Is Deflected Onto a BrokenStone Roadbed, Being Guided by Means ofWood and Steel Guard Rails In the presence of the engineering committee ondrawbridge operation recently named by Mayor Curleyof Boston, Mass., representatives of the city and of theMassachusetts Public Service Commission, railway offi-cials and newspaper men, a new derailing train stopwas tested at the Forest Hills yards of the Boston Ele-vated Railway on Nov. 29. The development of safetyprecautions in connection with drawbridge operationfor both train and surface car service has been given. BOSTON SAFETY STOP TESTS ELEVATED TRAIN PLOWING THROUGH BROKEN STONE BED constant attention by the Boston Elevated Railwaysince the fatal accident at Fort Point Channel on , and the test at Forest Hills indicates that a remark-ably effective and simple means of stopping elevatedtrains is available for drawbridge approaches, even incases where the motorman fails to shut off power andwhere the brakes fail to operate, if it is possible toinstall a derailing track on the right of way. In all the conferences at Boston upon safety in opera-tion at drawbridges following the recent disaster, em-phasis has been laid by electric railway men upon theimportance of instituting a gradual stop in bringinga train or car quickly to rest, and this principle has beenrecognized by the Massachusetts Public Service Com-mission in its finding upon the Fort Point Channel acci- E leva fed Car
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