. The street railway review . hrough conduit cars were operated from the Harlem Riverlo the Post OflTicc. In the meantime the Metropolitan company had continued the work of installing electric conduits on the principal lines and inMay of the present year the Broadway, Columbia Ave. and Lex-ington Ave. cables were taken out, the last section being changedMay 26th. The first through conduit car was run on the eveningof May 26th, and regular operation commenced May 27th. The system now comprises miles of track divided as follows:conduit electric, 156; horse, 122; storage battery, ; overh
. The street railway review . hrough conduit cars were operated from the Harlem Riverlo the Post OflTicc. In the meantime the Metropolitan company had continued the work of installing electric conduits on the principal lines and inMay of the present year the Broadway, Columbia Ave. and Lex-ington Ave. cables were taken out, the last section being changedMay 26th. The first through conduit car was run on the eveningof May 26th, and regular operation commenced May 27th. The system now comprises miles of track divided as follows:conduit electric, 156; horse, 122; storage battery, ; overheadtrolley, 175. The chief features of the track construction arepointed out in the article by Mr. W. B. Reed, engineer maintenanceof way, published on another page. A feature of street railway operation on the Island of Manhattan,and one believed to be exceptional in this country, is the persistencewith which certain well defined principles have been operating tobring about the present traffic conditions. In other words, the. 11. H. Vl-iKICL.\Nli, present Metropolitan rail section, the four standard types of cars,the transfer arrangements, the running times and schedules, and intruth, the mammoth new power station, are all the outcome ofseveral positive conditions that have practically left no other alter-native of method, shape or design. For instance, cars are built ofa certain length and a certain width because if they were longeror broader by the fraction of an inch they would not pass trucks onthe narrow down-town streets, nor would they take certain curveswithout striking each other or the elevated railway posts. Thenumber of cars on many of the lines, and therefore, the are determined by the rapidity with which cars can benni in and out of the terminals or across certain important inter-secting streets, the question of filling cars with passengers not en-tering into the situation at all, because it is known that during therush hours every car that can p
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