. Electric railway journal . d from the standpoint of maintenance, andbe of great value in purchasing new equipment. The work of the department of rolling stock and shops maybe briefly epitomized by the statement that during the first sixmonths of 1908 the number of cars removed from service be-cause of defects developed in operation was more than fourtimes as great as the number of cars removed for similarcauses during the six months ended Dec. 31, 1909. OTHER ARTICLES In an early issue of this paper particulars will be given ofimprovements made in other departments of tine MetropolitanStreet
. Electric railway journal . d from the standpoint of maintenance, andbe of great value in purchasing new equipment. The work of the department of rolling stock and shops maybe briefly epitomized by the statement that during the first sixmonths of 1908 the number of cars removed from service be-cause of defects developed in operation was more than fourtimes as great as the number of cars removed for similarcauses during the six months ended Dec. 31, 1909. OTHER ARTICLES In an early issue of this paper particulars will be given ofimprovements made in other departments of tine MetropolitanStreet Railway Company. RINGING UP TWO REGISTERS FROM ONE ROD Owing to a peculiar condition in connection with its Lakesideline, the Virginia Railway & Power Company, Richmond, Va.,is obliged to use two distinct fare registers. One of theseregisters records all fares received up to a given point afterwhich the conductor rings up his collections on the other regis-ter. As it was desirable to operate both registers from a single. /f9H br»33 AfaMtfWU3 jAo*/rt v t>ormd OU4 Jfor Oftriffg Mechanism for Ringing Up Two Registers from One Rod center rod and to have both machines at the same end, themechanical department devised the clutch and lever arrangementshow n in the accompanying drawing. 1 he clutch has a radiallug on each end to fit into a corresponding slot in the levercasting on cither side. By pulling down its spring latch, theclutch can be pushed along the rod and lucked into the leverconnections of the machine which is to register the fares. ISSUE OF SECURITIES TO PROVIDE WORKINGCAPITAL IN MASSACHUSETTS One of the acts passed by the Massachusetts General Courtof 1909 provided for the issue of stock by street railway com-panies to raise working capital, under the supervision of theBoard of Railroad Commissioners. The object of this act,Chapter 485, Acts of 1909, was to enable operating companiesof varied resources to raise ready money without the necessityof constant borrowing
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