. The street railway review . ELEVATION OF TRUCK AND CAR. The trial trip was made under the board of trade inspec-tion, the inspecting otHcers being Major-General Hutch-inson and Major Cardew. Our illustrations are from theLondon Electrical Review. The contract was made by the Electric ConstructionCompany, Mr. Parker being the engineer. STREET RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. THE plan of utilizing street railways for mail serviceso long advocated by the Re\iew has beenadopted in St. Louis. The plan taken is to collectthe mail on the car, where it is sorted by two clerks, andpostmarked, cancelled and deli
. The street railway review . ELEVATION OF TRUCK AND CAR. The trial trip was made under the board of trade inspec-tion, the inspecting otHcers being Major-General Hutch-inson and Major Cardew. Our illustrations are from theLondon Electrical Review. The contract was made by the Electric ConstructionCompany, Mr. Parker being the engineer. STREET RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. THE plan of utilizing street railways for mail serviceso long advocated by the Re\iew has beenadopted in St. Louis. The plan taken is to collectthe mail on the car, where it is sorted by two clerks, andpostmarked, cancelled and delivered to carriers withouttouching the post office. The line used is the St. Louisand Suburban and three regular stations for distributionare established. The car leaves the postoffice at 6:25a. m., and arrives at the end of the trip, Cabanne, at 7a. m., the return car leaves at 9, touching from nine toeleven carriers who, at intervals along the route, deposittheir load in the car. The car runs on schedule timeand reaches the
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