. The Street railway journal . c lines of the State be placedunder the control of the Railway and Warehouse Commission. ♦♦♦ ■ In order that perfect protection against fire may be provided,especially in case of a wreck, the San Francisco, Oakland &San Jose Railway Company, operating the Key Route, hasinstalled the patent Stemple fire extinguishers on all its extinguishers, which are the large brass Babcock pattern,are placed in the front of each car in the right-hand corner. January 21, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. CORRESPONDENCETHE REMOVAL OF SNOW UTICA & MOHAWK VALLEY RAILWAY COMPA
. The Street railway journal . c lines of the State be placedunder the control of the Railway and Warehouse Commission. ♦♦♦ ■ In order that perfect protection against fire may be provided,especially in case of a wreck, the San Francisco, Oakland &San Jose Railway Company, operating the Key Route, hasinstalled the patent Stemple fire extinguishers on all its extinguishers, which are the large brass Babcock pattern,are placed in the front of each car in the right-hand corner. January 21, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. CORRESPONDENCETHE REMOVAL OF SNOW UTICA & MOHAWK VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANYEditors Street Railway Journal: Jan. 11, 1905. Your recent editorial on snow fighting, and Mr. Stewartsletter in your issue of Jan. 7, discuss a topic which is of greatimportance to all street railway companies in Northern lati-tudes. It is one to which the Utica & Mohawk Valley Railwayhas necessarily devoted considerable attention, and your re-quest to us to give some particulars of our methods of caring. SINGLE-TRUCK SWEEPER for snow in the upper Mohawk Valley is one with which I amglad to comply. Our snowfall during the winter is usually veryheavy, and since between Utica and Little Falls we operateover our own right of way for a distance of practically 38miles, the snow question is one of our most serious problems. Our snow-fighting equipment consists of four types, viz.:scrapers, sweepers, shear and nose plows, and rotaries. Scrap-ers are carried on all cars, and we depend upon them for takingcare of very light snows. Our sweeper equipment consists oftwo machines, which are used in the paved streets, and whichtake care of all snowfalls up to a depth of from 5 ins. to 6 of these is an old type of Lewis & Fowler sweeper, withmotor-driven broom; the other is the latest type of Smith &
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