. The street railway review . andgrowth of Brocton, Mass., street railway, of whichHorace B. Rogers has been the efficient progress-ive manager since its inception, .is highly gratifying. Inthis time six horse cars on four miles of track, haveincreased to 21 miles, mostly electric, and 90 cars. From638,409 passengers hauled in 1882, the business hasgrown to 3,198, 718 in the year ending Sept. 30th, 1892,a gain of over three million passengers annually in elevenyears. A car mileage of 549,561; earnings of $143,506;and 150 men constantly employed, are also features ofthe past fiscal year. Consid
. The street railway review . andgrowth of Brocton, Mass., street railway, of whichHorace B. Rogers has been the efficient progress-ive manager since its inception, .is highly gratifying. Inthis time six horse cars on four miles of track, haveincreased to 21 miles, mostly electric, and 90 cars. From638,409 passengers hauled in 1882, the business hasgrown to 3,198, 718 in the year ending Sept. 30th, 1892,a gain of over three million passengers annually in elevenyears. A car mileage of 549,561; earnings of $143,506;and 150 men constantly employed, are also features ofthe past fiscal year. Considering the available ridingpopulation the record is one reflecting much credit onthe A TRACTION FEAT. NOT long ago the E. T. B. & G. Railroad delivereda Short Railway generator at the W. »& A-Railroad yards in Atlanta, Ga., by mistake. Asit happened, on Friday evening there was no switchengine obtainable in the yards and R. L. Caldwell, theexpert in charge of the Short installation at Atlanta, wasin a quandary as to how to get that 24,000 pounds ofwire, iron and brass from the railroad yards to the powerstation, which was a matter of five or six miles the expense of hauling it by wagons, the road enroute was in bad condition in several places, and the en-tire expense of loading, reloading and hauling, repairingthe road and loss of time, would have been expensive atbest. Mr. Caldwell is a man of ideas and his faith inShort motors is very long. After the switch engine hadput it on the electric tracks a feat was to be an ordinary Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway passenger car, 16 feet in length and equippedwith two 20-horse
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