. Canadian transportation & distribution management. 5% ft. long, and will con-veniently accommodate one car. The shops are located on the south sideof Talbot St., the main street of , at the west end of the city, at thepoint where the line leaves the city streetsnorthbound on its own right of way. Tin-new transformer station is located along-side to the west. This latter building alsocontains the local ticket office and waitingroom. To the rear is the companys localfreight shed. The Illinois Traction Co., an electric trac-tion system, doing steam railway work,under a steam railway ch
. Canadian transportation & distribution management. 5% ft. long, and will con-veniently accommodate one car. The shops are located on the south sideof Talbot St., the main street of , at the west end of the city, at thepoint where the line leaves the city streetsnorthbound on its own right of way. Tin-new transformer station is located along-side to the west. This latter building alsocontains the local ticket office and waitingroom. To the rear is the companys localfreight shed. The Illinois Traction Co., an electric trac-tion system, doing steam railway work,under a steam railway charter, carried 40,-000 passengers during the past year in itselectric sleeping cars, and has ordered newcars of this type to meet the demands of anincreased traffic. The Sandwich, Windsor and Amherst-burg Ry. gave an increase to its conductorsand motormen on May 1. The old wageswere from 20 to 22%c an hour, the newones are from 23c to 25c. The men willreceive an increase of y2c. an hour every fimonths until they reach the maximum i25 London and Lake Erie Railway and Transportation Car Shed and Shop. June, 1913.] CANADIAN RAILWAY AND MARINE WORLD. 285 British Columbia Electric Ry. Construction,Betterments, Etc. The company has announced plans for theerection of tliree car barns, these being ex-tensions of its present buildings of thisclass in Vancouver, New Westminster andNorth Vancouver. The Vancouver car barnswill be 400 ft. by 52 ft., to accommodate40 cars on four tracks. The location isalong the Lulu Island Ky. line, and the barnwill serve both its interurban division andseveral branches of the Vancouver citylines. Tracks will be laid from the Kitsi-lano line, and also from the 4th Avenueline, entering the barns from opposite -building will have a concrete founda-tion and will be built of wooden framecovered with corrugated iron. At presenta small barn is located at the point, whichis equipped with shops for emergency re-pairs. The plans call for a dup
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