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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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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uties: First, that the fares to be collected should not exceed 10ore (about 23^2 cents), which also should include universaltransfers. Second, that the company should pay to the city and in addition six holidays during the year. Employeesof the company remaining in the service twenty-five yearsare entitled to a pension in case at the end of that time theyare unfit for further work. The pension amounts to two-thirds of the yearly wage of the person. In case of illnesscontracted outside of and not due to the service, full wagesare continued for six weeks and half wages for the six weeksfollowing, after which no duty rests upon the company; butthe period of such illness is reckoned as a part of the servicefor the purpose of the pension. If the illness was con-tracted in the service, the employee receives full wages untilrecovered. In case of personal injury caused by an acci-dent arising out of and in the course of the employmentand incapacity for work results, the company continues full
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FIG. 12.—GENERAL APPEARANCE OF THREE-PHASE LOCOMOTIVE READY FOR SERVICE treasury 6 per cent of its gross receipts. Third, that itshould pave and maintain between its tracks and about 2ft. outside the rails. Fourth, the city reserved the privilegeof providing the electric power at an agreed price, out ofwhich the city is making a net profit of about 700,000 kroner($187,600) per year. Fifth, that the charter should expirein forty years, at which time the entire property should bedelivered to the city free of cost and encumbrance. The lowest wages for motormen and conductors is about4 kroner ($1.08) per day, a day being ten hours for theconductor and nine and a half for the motorman. After aperiod of service the pay is slightly increased, the amountfor the year ranging from iioo to 1500 kroner ($295 to$402). For the ordinary workman the pay is from iioo($295) to 1400 ($375) kroner per year. In addition to this compensation the company providesthe clothing for the motormen and conductor

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