. Railway age . are leased tothe Municipal Traction Company for 50 years. The total valua-tion of the property of the four companies which are included inthe arrangement is $23,090,000; and it is proposed to make ex-tensions and betterments aggregating about $ll,:! All exist-ing franchises were abandoned by the old companies. On Tuesday,April 28, by way of celebrating the victory of the people, allpassengers wero carried free throughout the city. Since Tuesdaythe uniform fare has been 3 cents. On Wednesday the 1,850 con-ductors and motormen employed on the lines presented a demandfor an
. Railway age . are leased tothe Municipal Traction Company for 50 years. The total valua-tion of the property of the four companies which are included inthe arrangement is $23,090,000; and it is proposed to make ex-tensions and betterments aggregating about $ll,:! All exist-ing franchises were abandoned by the old companies. On Tuesday,April 28, by way of celebrating the victory of the people, allpassengers wero carried free throughout the city. Since Tuesdaythe uniform fare has been 3 cents. On Wednesday the 1,850 con-ductors and motormen employed on the lines presented a demandfor an increase in their pay of 2 cents an hour, which, it is said,liad l)cen promised them by the old companies, and the newspajerstalked of an Imponding strike: but after three or four days dis-cussion it was decided to submit all tiuesiions to arbitiation. Thepeople of Kast Cleveland have already entered a complaint in thecourts because Ihe new low rate does not extend into the village. The Westlnghouse Mill Fig. 1. with a bar or stick. To meet this condition the fixture here shownwas designed and patented. It works automatically, both in put-ting up grain doors in high box cars and taking them down fromthe roof when needed to load grain or other bulk cargoes. It isclaimed that the hook is a positive lock when the door Is foldedup In the roof of the car, and the door cannot possibly fall downuntil as described below. To fold the grain door up in the roof of the car. raise It vertical-ly until the swivels are on the top leilges of the rods, pull thebottom of the door inwardly to a horizontal position, then, with a Ilie mill type direct-current motor, which has recently beenput on the market by the Westlnghouse Klectric & ManufacturingCo., Pittsburgh, Is designed to meet the severe conditions ofservice in steel mills. It is also adapted to such railroad work asoperating transfer tables and tending rolls in the boiler shop. Themotor used on the transfer table m
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