. The Street railway journal . nati. Mr. Hornung said the amountof electrolysis produced by railway circuits was trifling com-pared with that caused by stray currents from the leakage ofhigh-tension lighting and other power wires. Theoreticallythe double trolley system is a preventative, but the experiencewith the Cincinnati double-trolley system does not warrantthe assertion that the double-trolley system prevents said that for a short distance on Main Street in Cincin-nati the double-trolley line is paralleled by a single-trolleyline. He had tried as an experiment removing the tro
. The Street railway journal . nati. Mr. Hornung said the amountof electrolysis produced by railway circuits was trifling com-pared with that caused by stray currents from the leakage ofhigh-tension lighting and other power wires. Theoreticallythe double trolley system is a preventative, but the experiencewith the Cincinnati double-trolley system does not warrantthe assertion that the double-trolley system prevents said that for a short distance on Main Street in Cincin-nati the double-trolley line is paralleled by a single-trolleyline. He had tried as an experiment removing the trolley polefrom the wire of the single-trolley line and had put it on oneof the double-trolley wires. The lamps remained then tried to start the car, but while it would not movethere was a perceptible torque. mufacture, ACCIDENT STUDIES IN LOS ANGELES The committee appointed jointly by the Chamber of Com-merce, Merchants and Manufacturers Association and Mu-nicipal League to inquire into the causes of the many street-. C. M. Bates, of Trenton, N. J., president of the Newtown& Hatboro Street Railway Company, says the company issurveying a route between Newtown, Richboro, Hatboro andWillow Grove, Pa., preparatory to construction work inApril, 1907. NATION PASSENGER AND EXPRESS CAR FOR THE ATLANTICCITY & SHORE LINE RAILROAD, OF NEW JERSEY car accidents occurring daily in Los Angeles, and to sug-gest remedies, has submitted its report. The committee rec-ommends that a department of transportation be established,under the Board of Public Works, to inspect all car linesand their method of operation, that the wages of car oper-atives be increased, to the end that more competent men begenerally employed, and that official schools el instructionfor the training of prospective motormen be established. Thecommittee, among other recommendations, also advisesstrongly in favor of enforcing the day off rule. November 3, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 897 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN S
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