. Electric railway journal . sfer pointsto all other lines. This linereceives all classes of traf-fic amounting to an average 968 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 53, No. 20 of approximately 10,000 passengers per day. Thereare seven separate grade crossings on the Broadwayline. Three of these are double track, main-line steam railroad crossings, one is a double-track elec-tric interurban crossing and the others are single-tracksteam road freight and passenger crossings. Thesehave not interfered with the service, however. Thesafety-car operator flags himself across by bringing hiscar to a stop, go
. Electric railway journal . sfer pointsto all other lines. This linereceives all classes of traf-fic amounting to an average 968 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 53, No. 20 of approximately 10,000 passengers per day. Thereare seven separate grade crossings on the Broadwayline. Three of these are double track, main-line steam railroad crossings, one is a double-track elec-tric interurban crossing and the others are single-tracksteam road freight and passenger crossings. Thesehave not interfered with the service, however. Thesafety-car operator flags himself across by bringing hiscar to a stop, going upon the crossing and observing ineach direction before proceeding, except during the rushhours when a flagman is stationed at each crossing. Gary Cars Weigh 13,000 cars used at Gary are the standard Birney were furnished by the American Car are equipped with two GE-258 motors, K-63 con-trol and General Electric air brakes, and Gurney ballbearings. The total weight is 13,000 lb. The platform. INDIANA STEEL COMPANY EMPLOYEES BOARDING CARAT SECOND AND BROADWAY TERMINAL, GARY for the trolley base as used on many of the safety carsis not used here but one a few inches high and built upespecially in the railway shop has been installed so thata 14-ft. pole could be used. This was necessary to takecare of the greater height of the trolley wire at rail-road crossings. The cars are arranged for double-endoperation. Better Service Is Reflected inGreater Earnings In January, 1919, the last month under the old oper-ation, the Broadway line operated 954 car-miles a February with the new equipment this was increased62 per cent, to 1,537 car-miles. The car-hours were in-creased 70 per cent. In spite of these increases, thepower consumption was decreased 20 per cent includingthat used for heating the cars. The gross earnings in-creased 16 per cent, which is attributed entirely to theincreased service resulting from the use of safety carsand if maintaine
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