. Electric railway journal . e mentioned theInternational Arms & Fuse Company employing 9020workers and located in northern Newark, the SingerSewing Machine Company, employing 6500 workers,and the twenty-two companies of the Waverly Manufac-turing Association, an association of manufacturers in-cluding such widely diversified interests as the WestonElectrical Instrument Company and companies engagedin the manufacture of leather goods. The problem of providing sufficient crews for oper-ating the extra cars required at the shipyards duringthe rush hours was solved, as in a number of otherinstanc
. Electric railway journal . e mentioned theInternational Arms & Fuse Company employing 9020workers and located in northern Newark, the SingerSewing Machine Company, employing 6500 workers,and the twenty-two companies of the Waverly Manufac-turing Association, an association of manufacturers in-cluding such widely diversified interests as the WestonElectrical Instrument Company and companies engagedin the manufacture of leather goods. The problem of providing sufficient crews for oper-ating the extra cars required at the shipyards duringthe rush hours was solved, as in a number of otherinstances noted in recent issues of the Electric Rail-way Journal, by the shipyards furnishing men whohad had previous railway training. At present theFoundation Company is furnishing five crews and theFederal Shipbuilding Corporation sixteen crews. Asat other shipyards furnishing similar service, therailway pays for the platform time of these men at the October 26, 1918 The Latest Convert to the Skip Stop—the German Army 735. FIG. 2—CONDITIONS WHICH MADE THE NEW LINE NECESSARY minimum rate paid platform men, the difference be-tween this rate and that prevailing at the shipyards;being paid by the Emergency Fleet Corporation. New Facilities Will Cost Nearly $1,000,000 To insure adequate transportation for the shipyardworkers, the Public Service Railway Company, in co-operation with the Emergency Fleet Corporation whichis financing the new work, has either completed, orhas in process of construction the following: An exten-sion from its present line at Wilson Avenue (untilrecently Hamburgh Place) and Avenue L to the Sub-marine Boat Corporation shipyard at Avenue R andPort Street on Newark Bay; a connecting line on Got-thardt Street connecting the existing tracks on ChestnutStreet with those on Wilson Avenue; a prepayment load-ing terminal at the plant of the Federal ShipbuildingCorporation, and a new car shop. The available rollingstock is also being increased by the purchase of eig
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