. The Street railway journal . present, and the regulations are very strin-gent. The gage must be m ; the width of the vehiclemust not exceed 2 m, and the maximum height above railsmust not be more than m. On double-track lines, the proved by the city. Where there are seats on top of the cara roof and a glass front must be provided to protect thepassengers from the elements. The company is required to pay each year a certain tax,or inspection fee, for the maintenance of the departmentwhich supervises the transportation facilities of the the privilege of erecting waiting rooms
. The Street railway journal . present, and the regulations are very strin-gent. The gage must be m ; the width of the vehiclemust not exceed 2 m, and the maximum height above railsmust not be more than m. On double-track lines, the proved by the city. Where there are seats on top of the cara roof and a glass front must be provided to protect thepassengers from the elements. The company is required to pay each year a certain tax,or inspection fee, for the maintenance of the departmentwhich supervises the transportation facilities of the the privilege of erecting waiting rooms at the terminalstation the company pays 30 cents per car. No rental forthe use of the streets is mentioned, but many regulationsregarding the treatment of employees are in force; for in-stance, each employee receives ten days vacation eachyear with full pay, and when performing periodical mili-tary duties he is paid by the company the same as if hewere attending to business. The following-named companies handle the principal. PARIS-ORLEANS ROAD—SUB-STATION AT AUSTERLITZ space between two passing cars must be at least 50 pavement between tracks must consist of stone orwood, with concrete foundation 15 cm in thickness and ex-tending 60 cm outside of the tracks. The street must also bepaved between the two sets of tracks and 55 cm outside ofthe outer rail. In laying rails, provision must be made toallow a space of m between the cars and the sidewalksfor the convenience of other vehicles wishing to turn out. The railway company maintains and cleans the pave-ment between the tracks and 55 cm on each side of the outerrail. Mechanically propelled trains are limited to two cars,and their length must not exceed 25 m. The speed islimited to 20 km per hour, and at street crossings this mustbe reduced to 16 km. Every train contains twice as manysecond-class seats as first-class. The cars are heated inwinter, and the apparatus for this purpose must be ap- traffic of Paris and
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