. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR OF STANDARD CAR $.0014 on superintendence, tools and miscellaneous ex-penditures. These are extremely low figures, in spite ofthe fact that the rolling stock has been kept*up in first-classcondition without the slightest depreciation. 350 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XV. No. 6. CAR SERVICE The average speed schedules of the city of Milwaukeeare somewhat high, being- from 8 to 9 miles per hour onan average, while on the suburban and interurban lines. PATROL WAGON they are 20 miles per hour. The run from the center ofMilwaukee to Waukesha, a distance of 2
. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR OF STANDARD CAR $.0014 on superintendence, tools and miscellaneous ex-penditures. These are extremely low figures, in spite ofthe fact that the rolling stock has been kept*up in first-classcondition without the slightest depreciation. 350 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XV. No. 6. CAR SERVICE The average speed schedules of the city of Milwaukeeare somewhat high, being- from 8 to 9 miles per hour onan average, while on the suburban and interurban lines. PATROL WAGON they are 20 miles per hour. The run from the center ofMilwaukee to Waukesha, a distance of 20 miles, is regu-larly made in fifty-five minutes, and has been made inforty-five minutes. These are high figures in view of thefact that several miles of the distance lie in the city proper,with considerable local traffic, while there are numerouscurves and detours on the line which have not yet beengotten rid of. Two Waukesha cars regularly make nine-teen half-trips a day, or 380 miles each, this being one ofthe highest electric car day records to be found in thiscountry. The greatest care and attention is given to the securing RACINE-KENOSHA CAR of punctuality in the operation of the entire system. Eachof the lines, city as well as suburban, has several timepoints, and the motorman is called strictly to account if hefalls more than a minute behind time at any of these have shown to the management that this elementof punctuality is most important in obtaining traff
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