Identifier: electricrailway581921newy (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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ars for the same fare.This is especially true of the lines to West Gloucesterand to Rockport, where the present 10-cent fare limit is a considerable dis- tance beyond the farepoint established bythe trolley zone sys-tem. Johnson fare boxesare used exclusivelyfor fare collectionpurposes. The systemin vogue is very sim-ple. Passengers depos-it their fare directlyin the box irrespectiveof whether 10 cents frames in each case have been lengthened about 18 in.and brackets have been riveted to the side frames togive the body a wider bearing surface on the frame. Wooden bodies are used, built by the Essex TruckBody Company, Lynn, Mass. They have drop sash win-dows and folding service door and a rear emergency door. The bodies on the Model 20 chassisare 17 ft. 10 in. longand 7 ft. 6 in. wide;they weigh, exclusiveof the seats, approx-imately 1,750 lb.,which is equivalent to65 lb. per seat. Thetwo types of bodieson the Model 40 chas-sis are 30 in. and 50in. longer but of thesame width and weigh
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or 15 cents. On tripsoutbound from thecenter of Gloucesterfares are depositedby the passengers asthey leave the bus.On inbound trips thewhole fare is depos-ited as the passengerboards the bus. Theonly record kept bythe bus driver is thefare box reading whenhe takes and leavesthe bus, for purposesof settlement. No rec-ord is kept of passen-gers carried or of col-lections by trips or ofthe number of tripsrun. In fact, not evena mileage record of bus operation is kept by thecompany from which to compute unit costs. Equipment The company has available for service, under a trustcertificate or partial-payment plan, sixteen White chassisof three different carrying capacities. Thirteen areModel-20 chassis and three Model 40 chassis. The No. 1. Loading at mid town terminal on Main Street, Gloucester.No. 2. Looking forward in Type A bus body, showing fare box in rela-tion to drivers seat. No. 3. Interior of Type A bus body, showing seating arrangement.No. 4. A 3J-ton White Model 40 chassis with

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