. The street railway review . URG It i>. aniiijuiiciil by (Jcncral Manager Sclwupf, of ilic Consoli-dated Traction Co., Iillsburg, that hegiiiniii^t January i, if)Oi, theemployes will wear .serviee stripes on their nniforins. A hlne stripindieates one and a Kold stripe five years service. INCREASED FARES ON OHIO INTERURBANS. rile 11 ). I iS; Xenia Traction Co. and the TransitCo. ol Ohio, have liy agreement raised the fare on both lines oper-ating between Dayton and Xenia to 45 cents for the ronnd rinnor was recently in circulation to the efTect that the DaytonSi
. The street railway review . URG It i>. aniiijuiiciil by (Jcncral Manager Sclwupf, of ilic Consoli-dated Traction Co., Iillsburg, that hegiiiniii^t January i, if)Oi, theemployes will wear .serviee stripes on their nniforins. A hlne stripindieates one and a Kold stripe five years service. INCREASED FARES ON OHIO INTERURBANS. rile 11 ). I iS; Xenia Traction Co. and the TransitCo. ol Ohio, have liy agreement raised the fare on both lines oper-ating between Dayton and Xenia to 45 cents for the ronnd rinnor was recently in circulation to the efTect that the DaytonSi Xenia and the Ua|)id Transit companies would be consolidatedJanuary i, 1901. but the reijort at present lacks the confirmation ofeither company. STEEL TIES FROM OLD RAILS. An experiment is being carried on by the Lake Shore & Michi-gan Southern Ry. that will be watched with interest by streetrailway engineir-~. The idea is to form steel tics by rcrolling oldsteel T rails. Ilatlening out the head and making practically an. I-beam shape. ,1 in. deep, with a top Mange 5 in. wide and abottom flange 8 in. wide. Fig. i shows the cross section of aworn So-tb. rail in comparison with the cross section of a steeltie it is propose*! to roll from it. The statement is made that upon a short stretch of track nearSandusky, O., built with the new ties, the results have been so
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