. Electric railway journal . The experiment wasmade, however, and theresults have justified 100 days at theschool of instruction, thepupil motorwomen of thecompany are prepared forservice on any line andwith any type of equip-ment, and the manage-ment says they are foundmore reliable than themen. They work withoutexcessive fatigue. Photographs repro-duced herewith show thefirst sixteen motorwomenduring the period of theo-retical instruction, in theperiod of practical in- STUDENTS BEING SHOWN THE PRACTICAL DETAILS OF CAR, AND CLASS BEING INSTRUCTED ON CAR UNDER SERVICE CONDITIONS 352 E
. Electric railway journal . The experiment wasmade, however, and theresults have justified 100 days at theschool of instruction, thepupil motorwomen of thecompany are prepared forservice on any line andwith any type of equip-ment, and the manage-ment says they are foundmore reliable than themen. They work withoutexcessive fatigue. Photographs repro-duced herewith show thefirst sixteen motorwomenduring the period of theo-retical instruction, in theperiod of practical in- STUDENTS BEING SHOWN THE PRACTICAL DETAILS OF CAR, AND CLASS BEING INSTRUCTED ON CAR UNDER SERVICE CONDITIONS 352 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. 50, No. 9. DEMONSTRATION EQUIPMENT IN THE INSTRUCTION SCHOOL struction and after passing the final pupils are taken from the ranks of the women con-ductors and thus are already accustomed to railwayservice. It will be seen by comparison of the illustra-tion shown herewith and those used in the previous ar-ticle referred to that their uniform is different fromthat of the conductors, a style of garment being neces-sary that would obviate the danger of accident from thebrake handle catching the clothing. The headgear isrendered less feminine in appearance, without losing itsbecomingness, by means of the throat strap. The remaining photograph shows a corner of the in-struction school, where the equipment and mechanismof the cars are explained by means of actual parts,showing the scheme of the electric circuits for the mo-tors and the lamps and of the pneumatic circuit for thebrakes. A New Interurban Which Co-operateswith Rock Island Railroad The Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western
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