The Street railway journal (1904) (14779772363)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo231904newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ving thelarge areas for those on short headways. Two of these clocks are now in service—one in the startersbox at the foot of Broadway, Brooklyn, and the other in aspecial booth suspended from the elevated structure at Fultonand Court Streets. The men in charge of these clocks are inno danger of being kept idle, as many cars pass the pointsmentioned. Ten lines intersect at Court and Fulton Streets,over 400 cars an hour passing that point during the time ofheaviest traffic. The check at both points will be made on carsgoing in one direction in the morning and in the oppositedirection at night. The check system enables the company to determine howclosely the time-tables are kept, for by simply referring to therelative distance between the holes in each ring, the chartreader finds a graphic history of the traffic conditions on eachline. Another benefit is that this system will furnish the com-pany with a record of all delays. The same result could be THE POSITION OF THE TRACK ENGINEERS
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CHART USED IN CHECKING CARS IN BROOKLYN (ACTUAL SIZEOF CHART 22y2 INS. IN DIAMETER) obtained, of course, by pencil memoranda, but no one man couldrecord the same number of cars in a given time by a muchless rapid system. If the present experiment prove successful the new systemwill be introduced at other important points. Again have the impulsive Koreans sought vengeance on thetrolley cars that are operated within the limits of Seoul, theircapital city. This time, as on the previous occasion, the at-tack was incited because of the killing of one of the nativeresidents. The prompt intervention of the authorities, how-ever, prevented the mob from doing more than destroying onecar. In the previous outrage two cars were burned and severaldemolished. The system is owned and operated by Americans. SCHENECTADY RAILWAY COMPANY Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1904.Editors Street Railway Journal : The perusal of the editorial in the Jan. 16 issue of yourjournal, in which you touch upon the stand t