. The Street railway journal . Mex.) Tram-way, Light & Power Company has been purchased by a syn-dicate in London, England, of which Sir Weetman Pearsonis head. The transaction, it is said, involves the consoli-dation of the Anglo-Mexican Electric Company, Limited,with the Puebla Company. The same interests are iden-tified with the Mexican Light & Power Company. THE CHICAGO PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CAR President T. E. Mitten, of the Chicago City Railway, hassubmitted to Mayor Busse, of Chicago, a report dealing indetail with the operation of the 300 pay-as-you-enter carsto be installed, beginning next
. The Street railway journal . Mex.) Tram-way, Light & Power Company has been purchased by a syn-dicate in London, England, of which Sir Weetman Pearsonis head. The transaction, it is said, involves the consoli-dation of the Anglo-Mexican Electric Company, Limited,with the Puebla Company. The same interests are iden-tified with the Mexican Light & Power Company. THE CHICAGO PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CAR President T. E. Mitten, of the Chicago City Railway, hassubmitted to Mayor Busse, of Chicago, a report dealing indetail with the operation of the 300 pay-as-you-enter carsto be installed, beginning next week. The car is of theMontreal standard design, which was described in theStreet Railway Journal of Sept. 16, 1905, except thatthe cross seats have been widened, the heating and ventilat-ing methods improved and certain safety devices have beenintroduced. The car body is 32 ft. 5 ins., the length overall 45 ft. 9 ins., inside width 8 ft. 2^/2 ins., outside widthover all 9 ft. There are seven pairs of transverse seats. TAKE NEXT CAR, PLEASE, SHOWING CONDUCTORS POSI-TION WHEN HIS CAR IS LOADED TO AGREED MAXIMUM and longitudinal corner seats, each for four passengers,making the total seating capacity forty-four. Althoughthe platforms were built to make possible the use of theMinneapolis folding gate (which is closed by the motor-man before starting), Mr. Mitten does not consider it suffi-ciently flexible for Chicago conditions. The Continentalsystem of no seat no fare is also considered accidents in 1906 amounted to about 30 per centof the total number of casualties. The method of operating the pay-as-you-enter car willbe as follows: Large platforms are used at either end of the car, the ar-rangement being such that the car may be operated in eitherdirection. The rear platform is supplied with two doors,one nearest the platform step for exit only, and one at theinner side of platform for entrance only. From the bodyof the car to the front platform one door
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