. The street railway review . d. and is estimatedto cost about $250,000, and the total cost of the road will approxi-mate $1,000,000. Double truck cars will be used. AMERICANS IN LONDON TRACTION. Mr. C. T. Yerkes, on July i8th. filed articles of incorporationat London for the Metropolitan District Electric Traction Co., lim-ited. The capitalization is $5,000,000, Mr. Yerkes holding one-thirdof the stock. The officers are as follows: C. T. Yerkes, chairman;J. Wilcox Brown, president of the Maryland Trust Co., secretary,and W. E. Madelick, assistant secretary. The board of directorscomprises: Jo
. The street railway review . d. and is estimatedto cost about $250,000, and the total cost of the road will approxi-mate $1,000,000. Double truck cars will be used. AMERICANS IN LONDON TRACTION. Mr. C. T. Yerkes, on July i8th. filed articles of incorporationat London for the Metropolitan District Electric Traction Co., lim-ited. The capitalization is $5,000,000, Mr. Yerkes holding one-thirdof the stock. The officers are as follows: C. T. Yerkes, chairman;J. Wilcox Brown, president of the Maryland Trust Co., secretary,and W. E. Madelick, assistant secretary. The board of directorscomprises: John H. Parsons, president of the Union Traction Co.,of Philadelphia ■ Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, president of the NewEngland Trust Co.; Frederick Ayres, of Boston; H. H. Rogers,John J. Mitchell, president of the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank;Cecil A. Grenfell, of London, and others. The contractor for the New York Rapid Transit road expended$1,200,000 during July. Aug. 15, 1901.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 479 z: < zr I -. o-»—J—0-0° c TWO METHODS OF DISPATCHING ON INTER-URBAN ELECTRIC RAILWAYS. \Vc describe Iicrc two methods of operaliiig cars on iiUcrurUnilines wliich are quite diflferent in principle. In the case of tlic UnionTraction Co., of Indiana, the movements of all cars are made in ac-cordance with special orders from the dispatcher, while on theToledo, Fremont & Norwalk R. R., the dispatcher issues orders onlyfor special trains or in event the regular schedule has been inter-rupted by accident. The dispatcher for Union Traction Co. has his office at Anderson,and keeps track of trains by means of record boards which we shallproceed to describe. These boards were put in service early in thepresent year and arc the result of the joint suggestions of Mr. Al-bert S. Ridley, electrical engineer, Mr. Charles Berry, formerly su-perintendent, and the train dispatchers, Messrs. H. E. Fenton, A. and H. Fifer. There are two tables 6 ft. long each, having a board 2
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