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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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n the hands of a receiver, and has sincebeen operated under the direction of the Court. S. P.Cochran is receiver, and, although having had no previousexperience in street railway business, has managed thebusiness admirably and in an economical manner, show-ing good returns. His principal assistants in the man-agement are J. L. Sale, purchasing agent, and Wm.Dresser, superintendent. Recently an addition has beenmade to the electric mileage by the equipment of 21,000 ft.of double track and 24,000 ft. of single tra<ck. This ex-tension was over an outlying district, the formation beingblack prairie soil, while the overhead equipment is sup-ported on center poles hewn and painted. The overheadconstruction, which has now been in service for about fouryears, began to show signs of failure, so is now beingthoroughly overhauled. The rolling stock was principally manufactured bythe St. Louis and Laclede car companies, and the cars aremounted on Bemis, Brill and St. Louis trucks. The original
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FIG. 4.—CAR ON COMMERCE STREET—DALLAS, TEX. motor equipment consisted of both Thomson-Houstonand Edison machines. There are six motors of the old F30 type, and six equipments of the Edison No. 6. Morerecently four G 8 Thomson-Houston motors have beenadded. The power is rented from the Dallas ElectricLight Company. The Street Railway Company furnishesthe generators which consist of two of the Thomson-Houston D 62 type, and one Edison generator. Fare is five cents. Tickets in books of 100 are soldfor four cents to working girls and school teachers.Tickets in books of fifty are also sold to school childrenfor three cents, good at any hour and any day. Transfersare issued at two points The cars are run without con-ductors, fare boxes of different makes being provided. Ordinary employes receive $1.25 a day for the first fourmonths of service, $1.50 for the second four months, and$1.75 alter this. They are allowed one day off every fifthday with full pay. Thirty-three regular drivers an

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