. Electric railway gazette . r such purposes is in thecheapest form, representing a comparatively small investedcapital, and subject to but little deterioration. Comparethis with the cost of keeping extra horses sufficient to dou-ble or treble our carrying capacity. The difference isenormous. On those roads or lines where the traffic is great and con-stant, we will have larger cats. By using the radial truckor double trucks, we can handle 30-foot cars as easily asour present standard form, and do away with the annoyingand destructive teetering inseparable from a long carmounted on a 6-foot tru
. Electric railway gazette . r such purposes is in thecheapest form, representing a comparatively small investedcapital, and subject to but little deterioration. Comparethis with the cost of keeping extra horses sufficient to dou-ble or treble our carrying capacity. The difference isenormous. On those roads or lines where the traffic is great and con-stant, we will have larger cats. By using the radial truckor double trucks, we can handle 30-foot cars as easily asour present standard form, and do away with the annoyingand destructive teetering inseparable from a long carmounted on a 6-foot truck. We can nearly double theseating capacity, and still use but one conductor and onedriver. From the foregoing it is evident that electricity admitsof many economical changes and that, in many ways, wemay hope to reduce expenses by its use, at the same timegiving better service. What we must look to, of course, isthe ultimate commercial result. Whatever may be saidI pro and con, the commercial result must be the final crite. Street Car Heating (Gold System). On December 20, 18five cars : Car No. 43 made 44 45 46 6r Grand total .Average per January 3, 189crecord of five cars: Car No. 40 made42446062 we have the following record of Miles. a total of _ 180 190 __ igo 190 iSo ), we have the following Miles. a total of 190 -I90 190 180 180 rion. We are now receiving some light in this directiofrom the annual reports of the roads in those states wher^the statutes require such reports. Such statistics are ogreat value, for whatever difference may exist as to classification and arrangement, the total expenses and the totareceipts are bound to appear in some form or other. Fromthe reports of the Railroad Commissioners of New Yorkand Massachusetts for the year i8Sg, we extract the fol-lowing : expenses of street railways, new YORK STATE, i88g. Horse Roads. — Average proportion of receipts to Receipts and Expenses per Passenger, 1888. GrossEarnings. OperatigExpenes NetE
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