. Electric railway journal . r armatures . .... Type-M control apparatus All wiring and switches 470 Trolley and third-rail shoes and parts 500 Car body and trimmings 1,760 Trucks, including pilots ■. Wheels and Compressors and governors Painting and varnishing 504 Brake shoes, all kinds Total car operation $12,929 Cleaning, oiling and inspection: Car cleaning $1,980 Car-cleaning supplies 439 All other supplies 934 Oiling and packing 387 Lubricants and waste 562 Motor and electrical equipment inspection Car and truck inspection Shop repai
. Electric railway journal . r armatures . .... Type-M control apparatus All wiring and switches 470 Trolley and third-rail shoes and parts 500 Car body and trimmings 1,760 Trucks, including pilots ■. Wheels and Compressors and governors Painting and varnishing 504 Brake shoes, all kinds Total car operation $12,929 Cleaning, oiling and inspection: Car cleaning $1,980 Car-cleaning supplies 439 All other supplies 934 Oiling and packing 387 Lubricants and waste 562 Motor and electrical equipment inspection Car and truck inspection Shop repairs, etc 400 All other carhouse wages 864 Heating and lighting shops Total cleaning, oiling and inspection $9,826 ^Substation operation: Rotary converters $1,220 Rotarv converter transformers 069 Oil switches 103 Switchboards, etc 275 Total substation operation $1,667 *Note—The above costs apply to third-rail division only. Costs onFox River division are much lower, owing to lighter equipment and lesssevere Aurora, Elgin & Chicago—New Limited Destination Sign August iy, 1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 309 NEW CLASSIFICATION SIGN A new classification sign has been developed for useon the limited trains. The purpose of this sign is to indi-cate to people on the platforms whether a train islimited, and also to show them to what destination it isscheduled. The use of such a sign prevents misunder-standing on the part of passengers waiting at stationswhere the train is not scheduled to stop and also avoidsthe loss of time by passengers mistaking one train foranother, as, for example, flagging an Elgin limited whenthey wish to board an Aurora limited. These new signs,which are the result of study over a period of severalyears, are 30 in. square and are made of two pieces ofsheet steel, each 15 in. x 30 in. in size and hinged at thecenter so that one piece folds against the other. Whenin the folded position the sign cannot readily be seen be-cause the outside of
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