. The street railway review . the fact that in both the exhaust steamis used for the city steam heating system and in this way brings inconsiderable revenue during part of the year when ?team heating isrequired. The greater part of the interurban system has been inopration but a comparatively short time, and the power plant hasbeen arranged in the most readily available way withou: makingvery radical changes in existing stations. As soon as time permits, Sept jo. ux> STREKT RAILWAY KlA llAV 629 nnicli of ilic present station equipment will he replaced by one ormore large size dir
. The street railway review . the fact that in both the exhaust steamis used for the city steam heating system and in this way brings inconsiderable revenue during part of the year when ?team heating isrequired. The greater part of the interurban system has been inopration but a comparatively short time, and the power plant hasbeen arranged in the most readily available way withou: makingvery radical changes in existing stations. As soon as time permits, Sept jo. ux> STREKT RAILWAY KlA llAV 629 nnicli of ilic present station equipment will he replaced by one ormore large size direct connected units and the plants will he modern-ized in engineering details. Ihe compan_v has qnite extensivecar i)arns and repair shops in Ciiampaign, adjacent to (he powerhouse. There are a woodworking shop, machine shop, hlacksmithshop, and winding room which are eqnipiK-d to take care of all therepairs required for the cars excepting the foundry company has two private telephone lines connecting all tlu-. C.\R. ILLINOIS I TK.\ ^^^l^..\l. poiins on the interurban .systems just described, one of which isused for general business purposes and the other exclusively forthe dispatcher, whose office is located at Danville, within a few doorsof the public square. The method of dispatching is similar to thatemploye<l on most interurban railways, the car crew reporting theirarrival al each meeting |)oinl. The motornian and conductor of ihecar taking the siding at the meeting point make their report to thedispatcher and also report the number of the train which they havemet. Some changes in the dispatching system arc to be inauguratedby .\lr. iloagland, the general superintendent at Danville. Two tele-phones are lo be installed in each car, one at cither end, which willbe readily accessible to both the motornian and conductor of thecar at the same time. The jack boxes are to be installed on theposts between the tracks at the sidings so as
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