. The Street railway journal . , PORTABLE TELEPHONE—CANTON-AKRON RAILWAY taining to the betterment of the service. Two sessions are held,so that all the men of the system are enabled to take part. Theresult of these meetings, it is stated, has been the betterment ofthe service in many ways, and Mr. Rounds states that he hasbeen greatly assisted by the suggestions of some of the are able to see matters close at hand, and are frequentlyable to make valuable suggestions at the meetings. Such thingsas new rules and regulations, or old ones, are frequently dis-cussed, and their merits care
. The Street railway journal . , PORTABLE TELEPHONE—CANTON-AKRON RAILWAY taining to the betterment of the service. Two sessions are held,so that all the men of the system are enabled to take part. Theresult of these meetings, it is stated, has been the betterment ofthe service in many ways, and Mr. Rounds states that he hasbeen greatly assisted by the suggestions of some of the are able to see matters close at hand, and are frequentlyable to make valuable suggestions at the meetings. Such thingsas new rules and regulations, or old ones, are frequently dis-cussed, and their merits carefully gone over, so that the menworking under these rules may know the cause which promptedtheir adoption, and the results to be gained by their enforce-ment. One of the moves recently adopted was the uniformingof all interurban motormen in overall uniforms, so that they areenabled to make necessary repairs to cars or handle baggage. 7-FT. PLATE GIRDER BRIDGE ON STONE ABUTMENTS WASHEDOUT BY FLOODS—CANTON-NEW PHILADELPHIA RAILWAY without damaging their clothes. Wages of city men start at17^/2 cents and advance to 20 cents per hour. Interurban menstart at ijy2 cents and advance to 21 cents, although, as ageneral rule, the interurban men are taken from the ranks ofthe city men. At the car houses there are waiting rooms for themen, which are provided with individual lockers, reading tablesand good sanitary toilet rooms. Despatching of interurban cars is done by telephone. The despatchers headquarters is at Canton, from which point heoperates cars on both the Canton-Akron and Canton-NewPhiladelphia lines. A portable box telephone, made by the GarlElectric Company, of Akron, is carried on each car. This maybe used at any point along the line by tapping the telephonewires by means of a long bamboo rod carried on the car. Atregular passing points the conductor carries the telephone toa pole box, where he makes a connect
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