. The Street railway journal . OVERHEAD BRIDGE ON THE GROTON & STONINGTON STREETRAILWAY, EAST OF POQUONNOCK, CONN. the first car holding the turnout until the following one comesin sight. FILING SYSTEMFor filing records the company uses an adaptation of theRailroad Correspondence File Index devised for steam rail-roads by W. H. Williams. This is a decimal classification Stock, and to this a classification in the tens is given like410. This heading in the case of electric railways can begiven a sub-heading Motors and a number 400. The prin-cipal Motor Parts would come under , and any-thing
. The Street railway journal . OVERHEAD BRIDGE ON THE GROTON & STONINGTON STREETRAILWAY, EAST OF POQUONNOCK, CONN. the first car holding the turnout until the following one comesin sight. FILING SYSTEMFor filing records the company uses an adaptation of theRailroad Correspondence File Index devised for steam rail-roads by W. H. Williams. This is a decimal classification Stock, and to this a classification in the tens is given like410. This heading in the case of electric railways can begiven a sub-heading Motors and a number 400. The prin-cipal Motor Parts would come under , and any-thing composing these parts under , , , this way everything coming up in the work of a railway r. GROTON & STONINGTON CAR CROSSING BRIDGE BETWEENWEQUETEQUOCK AND CLARK VILLAGE company can be classified to the smallest detail. In filing apackage of data according to this system, the top of theenvelope is marked in a manner similar to the following:Wheels, Rolled Steel, 410,313. In addition to this filingmethod, the company keeps a set of quotation cards of thetype shown in one of the accompanying illustrations. ( 502 AMUSEMENT TRAFFIC FROM LOCAL SOURCESThe splendid scenic features of this line have already beenmentioned, but besides this incentive for pleasure riding-there is. about half way between Stonington and Westerly, apopular casino which contains the largest and finest dancingpavilion in that part of the country. This casino is notowned by the railway company, but the latter derives asmuch benefit therefrom as if it did, since the extra traffic in-duced often amounts to 500 or 600 passengers, most of whomhave to ride through several fare zones. At present the [Vol. XXVI
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