. The Street railway journal . ctors todetermine the best methods of designing the companyspower house, then to be built, and made an ex-tended tour of the United States for the purpose oflearning American jjractice. The adoption of the presentmost excellent plan and the purchase of equipment wasmade upon this committees recommendations. ______^ Montreal has been quick CTTT» tfjii^^* I., Dcci I IXC to appreciate the advan- I l^^^^^^Om^^^^s^i^^ tages of clean and rapid transportation the old days of horse railroading the maximum grossearning power of the city system was approximat


. The Street railway journal . ctors todetermine the best methods of designing the companyspower house, then to be built, and made an ex-tended tour of the United States for the purpose oflearning American jjractice. The adoption of the presentmost excellent plan and the purchase of equipment wasmade upon this committees recommendations. ______^ Montreal has been quick CTTT» tfjii^^* I., Dcci I IXC to appreciate the advan- I l^^^^^^Om^^^^s^i^^ tages of clean and rapid transportation the old days of horse railroading the maximum grossearning power of the city system was approximately;5>45o,ooo per annum. Since the era of improvement wasinaugurated, the gross and net earnings have in-creased to a very remarkable extent as will be seen bythe following statement: Toar ending Sept. 30, 1892. 1893. 1894. Receipts from pnssen^ers .$564,407 $750,752 $896,091 other sources 1,320 1,?47 total 564,407 752,072 897,838 Operating expenses 460,30H 585,906 628,454 Earning=i from operations 104,101 269,384. RESERVOIR-MOUNT ROYAL. ]iany is now to the suburbs, and will eventually be to theentire island, if the lines are extended as planned. Ithas been before stated that Montreal has been in yearspast closely crowded within itself through a lack of ade-quate street car facilities. In this respect it has beenmuch like English cities similarly wanting in modernmeans of transportation, and like them, also, there isand will be in the future from year to year a rapid ex-


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