. The Street railway journal . ng snow on the 445 miles of surface lines operated bythe Boston Elevated Railway Company for the winters of 1903-04 and 1904-05. The termination of the winter permits a com-parison with last year. As will be seen, there has been a de-crease in all items, showing that in Boston, unlike New York,the past winter was less severe than a year ago. The NewYork figures and those for some other cities were published inthe Street Railway Journal for March 18: 1903-4 1904-5 DecreaseNumber of snow storms 16 12 4 Number of plows used* 3,238 2,303 935 Mileage of p
. The Street railway journal . ng snow on the 445 miles of surface lines operated bythe Boston Elevated Railway Company for the winters of 1903-04 and 1904-05. The termination of the winter permits a com-parison with last year. As will be seen, there has been a de-crease in all items, showing that in Boston, unlike New York,the past winter was less severe than a year ago. The NewYork figures and those for some other cities were published inthe Street Railway Journal for March 18: 1903-4 1904-5 DecreaseNumber of snow storms 16 12 4 Number of plows used* 3,238 2,303 935 Mileage of plows 133437 104,627 28,810 Wages on plows $30,786 $23,075 $7,711 Wages on levelers 1,361 924 437 Wages extra snow labor 86,307 50,925 35,382 Wages road department, snow 36,742 18,873 17,869 Expense for hired teams 69,815 47,7i6 22,099 Miscellaneous expense 3,5ii 2,628 883 Total $228,521 $144,141 $84,380 Number of companys horses 3,102 I-I49 * Obtained by adding together the number of plows used during each FIG. ^ERAL car INTERIOR AND HOT-WATER HEATER The following shows the cost for carting snow, excluding allother expenses: 1903-4 1904-S Decrease Number of loads carted 238,672 185,056 56,613 Expense of teams $70,072 $47,689 $22,383 Expense of men 75,020 37,888 37>I32 Total expense $I45,093 $85,578 $59,515 Cost per load $.61 $.46 $.15 ^ The Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern Traction Companyhas recently instituted a freight service on its Hne and it isgoing after the business of fruit and produce farmers. Sidingshave been located at convenient points along the line and thecompany is advertising special rates on carload lots of produce. April 22, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 739 MASTER MECHANICS REPORTS AT SCHENECTADY The mechanical department of the Schenectady RailwayCompany uses two sets of report sheets which are believed tobe particularly worthy of study. The forms are reproduced inFig. I, A and B, and Fig. 2. The Schenectady Railway Company
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