Identifier: streetrailwayrev10amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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afact that none of the contestants were allowed to put their carsinto service prior to the test, and we all labored under this greatdisadvantage. I was told that I would be allowed two days serv-ice before the test was to take place, but, when the time came forthe service test, the engineer was imable to get the permit to allowour car to go on the road, and we practically had never had annpportunity to run the car except in the limited space in the barn.This was particularly hard on our company. Wc did the bestwe could under the circumstances, knowing that we could havemade a much better showing if we had been able to have used ourcar for a couple of days prior to the test. In our opinion, the testamounts to very little, we believing that the best way for a streetcar company to test the merits of a brake is to take it and use it,giving it regular daily service, and in this way only can the valueof any braking device be accurately determined. Yours truly, A CONTESTANT. CHILDRENS FARES.
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HOMK-M.^DK CHOSSING .\T fORTSMOITH. O. rails, this being caused, we think, by the expansion and con-traction of the rails during the winter; this complicated the con-struction of the crossing somewhat. In making the survey wehad a long pole constructed in sections so as to be readily sep-arated and laid that down on the ground marking all the gagelines of the steam railroad tracks and of the abutting rail ends of Macon, Ga., Sept. 5, 1900.Editor Review: In reiily to your request for confirmation ofthe report that this company had decided to charge fare for three-year old children in order to prevent nurse girls taking with them,when riding on the street cars, other children besides those prop-erly in their care, I beg to say that thereport is incorrect. Such a statement was printed in one of our local papers luit I have no idea where the reportergot his information, as no such ordersliave been issued. It lias always been therule with this company, as is customaryelsewhere, to charge f

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