. The Street railway journal . me of these trains, it is said, do notmake money enough to come anywhere near paying the traincrews. A prominent official states that the average passengertrain must earn $2 per mile to he on a paying basis, and addedthat some of the roads out of Cleveland were operating trainsday after day which have not been averaging more than 10 centsa mric, which is hardly enough to pay the brakemans loss which these trains sustain has been made up by theincreased earnings on some of the best trains, hut the roadshave now reached a point where they are going to cut
. The Street railway journal . me of these trains, it is said, do notmake money enough to come anywhere near paying the traincrews. A prominent official states that the average passengertrain must earn $2 per mile to he on a paying basis, and addedthat some of the roads out of Cleveland were operating trainsday after day which have not been averaging more than 10 centsa mric, which is hardly enough to pay the brakemans loss which these trains sustain has been made up by theincreased earnings on some of the best trains, hut the roadshave now reached a point where they are going to cut out theseunprofitable trains. 5°4 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVIII. No. 14. NEW DOUBLE-DECK CAR OF THE TWIN CITY RAPIDTRANSIT COMPANY The Street Railway Journal of Nov. 5, 1904, containeda description of a type of double-deck car built at that timeby the Twin City Rapid Transit Company for service on thelines between St. Paul and Minneapolis. The upper deck ofthis car was so constructed that it could be put on or removed. IF THE NEW DOUBLE-DECK CARS BUILT BY THE TWIN CITY RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY from the standard car in use in Minneapolis and St. Paul withvery little difficulty, and consisted of a framework of one-inch gas pipe bolted to 2j4-in. x 5-in. sills, which rested onspecial fittings built permanently in the roof. The top wascovered with awning material and the space between the postswas provided with curtains. This type of double-deck car,however, was found unsatisfactory, due largely to the factthat it did not offer sufficient protection from the weather,and the one that was constructed was not put into regularservice. However, the company is now constructing thirty double- its use is not required, but it is built in a much more sub-stantial manner, its construction being similar to that usuallyemployed in the ordinary closed car. The sides and ends aresheathed in the usual manner up to a rail corresponding withthe arm rest. The side posts contain curtain grooves
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