. The Street railway journal . AYING CONNECTION ON INTRAMURAL IN SOUTHERN PART OFGROUNDS. ELECTRIC DUMP-CAR MOUNTED ON FLAT-CAR AND DRAWN BY LOCOMOTIVE FORDISTRIBUTING CINDERS IN ROADBED CONSTRUCTION coupled a locomotive, and as the car is drawn slowly over thesystem the cinders are distributed along the tracks, wherethey are afterwards leveled. It is estimated that $10 is savedon each carload of cinders dumped, or about $2,500 in all. Ittakes about fifteen minutes to distribute a carload by thismethod, where by the old way it took four hours. ville & Trenton Street Railway wascompleted to New
. The Street railway journal . AYING CONNECTION ON INTRAMURAL IN SOUTHERN PART OFGROUNDS. ELECTRIC DUMP-CAR MOUNTED ON FLAT-CAR AND DRAWN BY LOCOMOTIVE FORDISTRIBUTING CINDERS IN ROADBED CONSTRUCTION coupled a locomotive, and as the car is drawn slowly over thesystem the cinders are distributed along the tracks, wherethey are afterwards leveled. It is estimated that $10 is savedon each carload of cinders dumped, or about $2,500 in all. Ittakes about fifteen minutes to distribute a carload by thismethod, where by the old way it took four hours. ville & Trenton Street Railway wascompleted to Newtown, Pa., the NewJersey & Pennsylvania TractionCompany, which controls both lines,began running special advertising inthe local newfspapers. Before theNewtown road was open a week itwas overloaded with business, and attimes could not begin to handle thecrowds that gathered at the Trentonterminals. Two fares, or 10 cents,are collected for the 12 miles betweenTrenton and Newtown, and two semi-convertible 40-ft. cars are run every40 minutes, each making a single tripin 35 minute
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