. The Street railway journal . er ofSalvatierra & Western. The latter road will be 80 mileslong. The survey for the Torren & San Pedro Interurban Elec-tric Railway will soon be finished and the contract let forthe construction of the line. It will be 26 miles long run-ning between Torreon and San Pedro and will traverse therichest portion of the Nazas River valley. The city ofTorreon is rapidly becoming the center of a number ofelectric lines. In addition to the one which is to be built toSan Pedro, a line is to run from Torren to Matamoros. Anelectric railway is already in operation between T
. The Street railway journal . er ofSalvatierra & Western. The latter road will be 80 mileslong. The survey for the Torren & San Pedro Interurban Elec-tric Railway will soon be finished and the contract let forthe construction of the line. It will be 26 miles long run-ning between Torreon and San Pedro and will traverse therichest portion of the Nazas River valley. The city ofTorreon is rapidly becoming the center of a number ofelectric lines. In addition to the one which is to be built toSan Pedro, a line is to run from Torren to Matamoros. Anelectric railway is already in operation between Torren andLerdo, a distance of 7 miles. August io, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 229 THE. HANDLING OF TRAINMEN BY THE SANANTONIO TRACTION COMPANY As soon as a trainman has been employed by the SanAntonio Traction Company he is given a number and anenvelope of heavy manila paper is made out for him. Inthis envelope is afterwards put all his application and otherblanks and all written reports turned in against him, news-. CLUBHOUSE FOR THE TRAINMEN OF THE SAN ANTONIOTRACTION COMPANY paper clippings or any other information concerning envelopes are filed according to number and an indexbook is kept to get any mans number. After the trainmanis accepted he is put on a car with a competent motormanor conductor and kept on this run until he is pronouncedcompetent. He then gets one day of service on each ofthe other lines of the system. Three inspectors ride the cars and make reports direct inspectors reports concerning the trainmen are made onspecial blanks which are afterward kept in the trainmansrecord envelope in the superintendents office. Fort Sam Houston, at which several regiments of UnitedStates troops are kept, is located at San Antonio, and therailway company receives many applications for positionsfrom discharged soldiers. These soldiers are preferred toother applicants, largely because they expect discipline formisdoings and take it properly. When they are discipli
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