. The Street railway journal . nt, upon its bonds, and about5 per cent on its stock, it is apparent that there is a de-cided direct profit over and above interest charges, dueto the use of air brakes. In addition to this direct profit,and far exceeding it in importance, is the reduction in theaccident account which has been 50 per cent, in number,and 65 per cent, in cost, largely, no doubt, on account ofthe air brakes, though partly because of the fine blocksignal system recently introduced. As a result of thisexperience, the air brake service will be largely extendedover all the companys alli
. The Street railway journal . nt, upon its bonds, and about5 per cent on its stock, it is apparent that there is a de-cided direct profit over and above interest charges, dueto the use of air brakes. In addition to this direct profit,and far exceeding it in importance, is the reduction in theaccident account which has been 50 per cent, in number,and 65 per cent, in cost, largely, no doubt, on account ofthe air brakes, though partly because of the fine blocksignal system recently introduced. As a result of thisexperience, the air brake service will be largely extendedover all the companys allied lines. The Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company expects tohave ready for use by January ist three parlor cars forrenting to theatre parties. The cars will be twenty-fivefeet in length, mounted on double trucks, and will be veryhandsomely furnished and decorated. The summer trol-ley parties last season proved so very popular that thecompany anticipates a large demand for these cars. I 14 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XH. No. Street Railway Repair Shops. By C. F. Uebelacker. Seventli Paper—Repair Shops of tlie Consolidated TrattionCompany of New Jersey. As electric roads grow in size and the various linescomposing one system grow more reumerous, it becomesnecessary for the sake of economy in handling traffic toseparate the car sheds belonging to the various lines, lo-cating each at the point most convenient for the territory shop, and in place of them new or repaired parts arereturned. The shop about to be described was laid out to fitthe above system. The main requirements were sufficientpit capacity for both the monthly overhauling and emer-gency repairs, a carpenter shop, electrical repair shop,paint shop, a machine shop sufficient to handle the workof the whole system, and track room enough to hold aworking reserve of rolling stock. In addition, space wasprovided in the same building for the stock room, fromwhich all the supplies of the whole system are issued. The plan
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