. The street railway review . Melbourne, the Queen City of the far south has not onlya very extensive system of most excellently operated streetrailways, but has also the largest cable system in the world. The Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company has beenin existence now ii years and still has 19 years before theproperty passes into the possession of the municipality. Thepolicy of the company in its operation has been such as towin the good will of the people. On its 87 miles of cablelines there were carried in each of the years 1895 and 1S96over 33,000,000 passengers. During the boom times inA
. The street railway review . Melbourne, the Queen City of the far south has not onlya very extensive system of most excellently operated streetrailways, but has also the largest cable system in the world. The Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Company has beenin existence now ii years and still has 19 years before theproperty passes into the possession of the municipality. Thepolicy of the company in its operation has been such as towin the good will of the people. On its 87 miles of cablelines there were carried in each of the years 1895 and 1S96over 33,000,000 passengers. During the boom times inAustralia the company enjoyed a most phenomenal business,paying as high as 72 per cent per annum, while shares, thepar value of which was only $5, sold up to $45. Duringthe succeeding panic the same shares sold down to as low as$, but have since largely recovered under the paymentof j-early dividends of 5 per The officers and heads of departments of the road are asfollows:K. B. Clapp, (American), Managing G. Sprigg, (Knglish), . A. Wilcox, American), Assistant Manager.\V. Don, (Scotch), Master W. Duncan, (Knglish), H. Don, (American), Foreman Kocheforte, (Irish), Korenian of Wood Dahn, (Swede), foreman in Iron Allen, (Australian), largher, (ICnglish), l^ ( leaverley, ()-lnglish), ICngineer.(There are about H) more engineers.)J. W. f-ytm, (American), Dorum, (American), P. Savage, (American), Inspector. The driving plants include I I power houses, containing 38engines rated on an average at 275 h. p., but which indicate 375h. p. each. Only one-half are in use, the others forming thereserve power. With the exception of four English enginesthey were built in Australia, and all the driving machinery isof Colonial manufacture. The cables, 25 in number, havean aggrega
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