. Electric railway journal . greement also provides that no ordi-nance or power of enacting ordinancesis suspended or modified in any way bythe city in becoming a party to theagreement. With the day-to-day lines the citywill take over 128 cars for its the plan for joint service goesinto effect the Detroit United Railwayemployees who would lose their posi-tions will be given places on the munici-pal cars and will be supplied withuniforms of the municipal railway. According to present plans the com-pany and the city will operate carsa^ernately on Fort Street, WoodwardAvenue, Trumbull, F
. Electric railway journal . greement also provides that no ordi-nance or power of enacting ordinancesis suspended or modified in any way bythe city in becoming a party to theagreement. With the day-to-day lines the citywill take over 128 cars for its the plan for joint service goesinto effect the Detroit United Railwayemployees who would lose their posi-tions will be given places on the munici-pal cars and will be supplied withuniforms of the municipal railway. According to present plans the com-pany and the city will operate carsa^ernately on Fort Street, WoodwardAvenue, Trumbull, Fourteenth andHamilton lines, and all other DetroitUnited Railway lines will continueoperating as at present throughout thewinter. The universal transfer will beput into effect as soon as the work ofprinting and distributing the transfersis completed. Half Dozen Hurt in InterurbanCrash One man was killed and a half dozenothers were injured when an interur-ban car of the Cincinnati & DaytonTraction Company crashed into an-. Crushed Vestibule of Interurban Car other car, standing on the tracks nearthe carhouse south of Carrmonte, Day-ton, Ohio. The moving car was crowded withworkmen on their way to the plant ofthe General Motors Company at Mo-raine City. The standing car had beenrun out on the main line a few minutesbefore the accident occurred in orderto let another car leave the to witnesses the motorman failed to see the car standing on thetrack until too late. When he observedthat a crash was inevitable the motor-man leaped through a window, receiv-ing only minor injuries. The coupling apparatus of the stand-ing car was forced through the frontend of the interurban. The impacthurled all persons in the moving cartoward the front end. Investigation is being made by theexecutives of the railway to determinewhether the accident was caused by the-slippery condition of the rails or thedense fog that hung over the country-side at the time. The conductor saidthe car
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