. The street railway review . d Icent per mile. The present rate is 2 cents per mile with a slightreduction for mileage, trip tickets, etc. The operating expenses and taxes during igoi were $69,508, orabout 81 Vj per cent of the gross earnings. The net earnings were$17,826, of which $10,080 were used in on bonds and $7,778in meeting other charges. The common slock paid in is $400,000and the preferred stock and the funded debt, $252,000 at 4 per cent. The business of the company in freight, express and passengertraffic has shown a steady increase which has been marked withinthe last ye
. The street railway review . d Icent per mile. The present rate is 2 cents per mile with a slightreduction for mileage, trip tickets, etc. The operating expenses and taxes during igoi were $69,508, orabout 81 Vj per cent of the gross earnings. The net earnings were$17,826, of which $10,080 were used in on bonds and $7,778in meeting other charges. The common slock paid in is $400,000and the preferred stock and the funded debt, $252,000 at 4 per cent. The business of the company in freight, express and passengertraffic has shown a steady increase which has been marked withinthe last year. The accompanying table shows the revenue of theroad for the past 6 years and the increase under the improved scrv- TRADE MARK FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS &NORTHWESTERN. The Indianapolis & XorlhHestern Traction which is nowbuilding an electric railway between Indianapolis and :. with a branch frt>ni Lebanon, has issued a pocket folder con-taining a diagrammatic map of the road which is to be known as. the Lebanon Route. The company has adopted as its trade markihe device illustrated herewith. The officers of this company arc:President, George Townscnd; vice-president, Philip L. Saltonstall;secretary, Winthrop Smith; treasurer, Chauncey Eldridgc. Theheadquarters of the company are in the Stevenson BIdg., Indian-apolis, Ind. Apr. 20, 1903.] STREET RAILW^W REVIEW. 243 STERLING EXHAUST PIPE HEAD. STORAGE BATTERIES FOR LOS ANGELES. .\voidance of back pressure while effecling complete separationof entrained water and oil from exhaust steam is aimed at in thedesign of the Sterling pipe head, whose construction isillustrated in the accompanying engraving. The designers main-tain that the most effective principle upon which to separate from a light vaporous or gaseous like steam, the heavier liquids, such as water and oil. entrained hy it inits rapid tlow, is that of centrifugalforce. Accordingly the exhaust en-tering at A is divided into the twopipes C
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