. The street railway review . stock. Though the plan is a large undertaking, it is but one feature ofa large electric railway enterprise that purposes to connect Buffaloand Toronto by a double-tracked, electric line. It has been an-nounced that this line will run from Niagara Falls to St. Catharinesand Port Dalhousie, over roads now built and in operation. FromPort Dalhousie, the line will run through Hamilton to Toronto. Ahigh-speed service will be maintained, the cars being run in trains. Apr. 15, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW 201 Selection and Training of Car Service Men onthe West Penn Rail
. The street railway review . stock. Though the plan is a large undertaking, it is but one feature ofa large electric railway enterprise that purposes to connect Buffaloand Toronto by a double-tracked, electric line. It has been an-nounced that this line will run from Niagara Falls to St. Catharinesand Port Dalhousie, over roads now built and in operation. FromPort Dalhousie, the line will run through Hamilton to Toronto. Ahigh-speed service will be maintained, the cars being run in trains. Apr. 15, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW 201 Selection and Training of Car Service Men onthe West Penn Railways. BY J. W. BROWN, SUPERINTENDENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The best are none too good is the axiom kept well to thefere in the selection of men for car crews of the West Penn Rail-ways Co. This system, comprising as it does no miles of roadlyingi for the greater part in the rugged country adjacent to theAllegheny Mountains, cail for motormen and conductors possessedof good judgment and a thorough knowledge of their work. Grades. TYPES OF UNIFORMS.—WEST PENN RAILWAYS. reaching 14 per cent are operated over which together withthe numerous curves encountered make the careful handling ofcars a necessity. About 200 men are employed on the variousdivisions of the line. All motormen and conductors are hired by the superintendentof transportation. The first step is a personal interview withthe applicant in which his general appearance and deportmentare carefully noted. Any indication of intemperance in the useof liquor or the tell-tale discoloration of the fingers showing himto be a cigarette user ure sufficient reasons for the applicants appearance and conversation are in his favorhe is given an application blank with instructions to fill it outcarefully in ink. This application pledges him to loyally servethe best interests of the company if accepted and calls for a com-plete record of his employment during the preceding five years,his age, occupation, nearest relati
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