Identifier: electricrailway351910newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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nstallation. The view shownwas taken in the simps of the Mobile Lighl & Railroad Company, of which S. M. Coffin is master mechanic. 1022 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXXV. No. 24. MANAGERS INSPECTION CAR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICERAILWAY The Public Service Railway Company of New Jersey oper-ates over 675 miles of electric railways measured as singletrack and of this total 550 miles are of standard gage. Thisvast network covers more than one-half of New Jersey andsupplies transportation to some 150 municipalities with a com- in Newark whence only a comparatively small portionof the companys territory can be quickly reached either bysteam or electric cars. To be sure, the automobile offers aquick means for getting about from one place to another, butin the desire to make speed the user is tempted to operateover the best roads and thus neglect the very routes wherethe track conditions may be worst. The only way to learnthe state of the line and track is actually to ride over the rails.
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Managers Car—General View of Office Car Built by the Public Service Railway Company, New Jersey bined population of 1,500,000 or about five-sixths of the total for then every important defect will make itself felt with sig-number of inhabitants. The traction lines are of the most nificant unpleasantness to those who are in the car. Anotherdiverse character ranging from complex city systems like important point is that when a special car is used, it is prac-

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