. Electric railway journal . Itthen received another call requiring a trip of 4 miles,returning at a. m. and remained until relieved bythe day crew. It may be added that the night crewsimply repairs breaks and returns to the garage to waitfor calls. The only objection to these charts is that on extreme-ly short distances, such as moving the truck to allow acar to pass and then returning to the track, the recordis so small that it looks almost like standing time. Fortheir moral effect alone, however, these recorders havepaid for themselves many times over. Costs The operating and maintenan
. Electric railway journal . Itthen received another call requiring a trip of 4 miles,returning at a. m. and remained until relieved bythe day crew. It may be added that the night crewsimply repairs breaks and returns to the garage to waitfor calls. The only objection to these charts is that on extreme-ly short distances, such as moving the truck to allow acar to pass and then returning to the track, the recordis so small that it looks almost like standing time. Fortheir moral effect alone, however, these recorders havepaid for themselves many times over. Costs The operating and maintenance costs of all our mo-tor trucks follow: 1914 1915 Total mileage 31,561 34,471 Cost of gasoline per mile $ $ Cost of oil and grease 0071 .0073 Drivers labor 1753 .1573 Garage labor 0433 .0430 Repair parts 0717 .0540 Tires 0618 .0242 Total cost per mile traveled $ $ During the year 1914 we had an extra amount ofoverhauling work and changes in equipment. The Union Railways trucks are housed in what was. THIRD AVENUE LINE TRUCKS—3-TON TRUCK ON ORIGINALPNEUMATIC TIRES
Size: 1691px × 1477px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkmcgrawhillp
