. The street railway review . iunificient sum of$1,, or at the highest calculation about seventy-five cents per day, per man. If fares on other lines areto be reduced to three cents, the Montague road shouldcarry for about ten cents a dozen. Twelve roads aggregated a deficit during the year of$29,888; while thirteen roads had an accumulated deficitof $136,794- Of the entire number of roads only four are exclu-sively horse lines, and these aggregate only twenty-onemiles; the balance, seventy-one, are electric with of track. The table explains itself and constitutes a simply irr
. The street railway review . iunificient sum of$1,, or at the highest calculation about seventy-five cents per day, per man. If fares on other lines areto be reduced to three cents, the Montague road shouldcarry for about ten cents a dozen. Twelve roads aggregated a deficit during the year of$29,888; while thirteen roads had an accumulated deficitof $136,794- Of the entire number of roads only four are exclu-sively horse lines, and these aggregate only twenty-onemiles; the balance, seventy-one, are electric with of track. The table explains itself and constitutes a simply irref-utable argument why a 3-cent fare is not only impracti-cable, but impossible. The Denver Consolidated Tramway Company hasannounced that nine-tenths of all cars built for it in thefuture will have double trucks. It considers them not sohard on the rail joints. A Bath. Me., concern is putting out something new inthe way of a swivel trolley. The principle of the swiveltrolley is not nevv but it has never been put in the exact. form here shown. The object of course, is to allow thewheel to conform to the direction of the wire goingaround curves, thereby lessening wear, and the liabilit}of the trolley coming off. SAND TRACK FOR RUNAWAY CARS. Sand /fail A sand track for stopping runaway cars on heavygrades is in use on some roads in GermanN. and it hasbeen found of great service in preventing tracks are laid with main line rails on iron tie- ^__ plates, and have a short length ofgantleted track laidwith branch linerails resting direct-ly upon the ties,there being thus adifference of inch between Sand Jracit Rail _b6l- Plan
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