. The Street railway journal . lel tracks. Owing to thefact that the street upon which the car house is located isvery narrow, and to lack of room on the car house lot,preventing the use of curves for entering, a transfer tablewas erected outside of the car house, as shown in Fig. car house is provided with a pit room for repairs, ashop and store room. The pit room has a glass roof,and the shop contains two lathes, testing boards, a black-smith shop, etc., allowing the company to rewind all itsown armatures, and do other repair work necessary. Thecar house force consists of four men—a ca
. The Street railway journal . lel tracks. Owing to thefact that the street upon which the car house is located isvery narrow, and to lack of room on the car house lot,preventing the use of curves for entering, a transfer tablewas erected outside of the car house, as shown in Fig. car house is provided with a pit room for repairs, ashop and store room. The pit room has a glass roof,and the shop contains two lathes, testing boards, a black-smith shop, etc., allowing the company to rewind all itsown armatures, and do other repair work necessary. Thecar house force consists of four men—a car repairer,blacksmith, general helper and night inspector. One ofthe motormen works part of the day on a car, and partkeeping up all electrical repairs. Wages paid to motor-men are twelve and a half cents per hour, and on onehigh speed line fifteen cents. The cars on the latter linemake an average of 200 miles per day. The company early realized the advantage of keepingcareful account of all expenses, and though all clerical. FIG. 5.—PLAN OF CAR HOUSE AND POWER STATION—ROANOKE STREET RAILWAY CO. work of both the lighting and railway company is done bySecretary McCann and one assistant, the details of opera-tion are kept with the minutest detail. The number ofpassengers carried during the last fiscal year was 750,000,and the average expense per car mile last year was tencents, it being brought up to this figure by damages dueto a cloudburst. From January 1, 1894, to August 1, thecompany operated at an expense per car mile of $.0798,this item including all disbursements except for taxes,insurance and interest. Pocahontas coal, costing $ ton, is used. From January 1, 1893, to January 1,1894, the maintenance of cars and motors was found toaverage $.016 per car mile, that of overhead wires, $.0014per car mile; that for track, $.0053 per car mile. Transportation of Milk by Electric Cars. The electric railway at Newburgh, N. Y., has com-menced the transportation of milk b
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