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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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l be ready for use ne.\t season. Therailing around the cars will also be taken olT and the motors andflat cars will again be ready for the freight service. The motor ivone of the center cab type freight motors used in the freight servicebetween Seattle and Tacoma, and has four 125-h.i). G. E. No. 66motors, geared for about 30 miles per hour. The trailer cars are arranged with two seats lengthwise of thecar down the center and a seat lengthwise of the car on each side.There arc two openings for entrance and exit, placed at diagonallyopposite corners of the car. On busy d.-iys the trains consist of one motor and five trailer cars.During the middle of the week when the crowds arc smaller thetraffic can be handled with one train, consisting of a motor andeight trailer cars. Mr. W. S. Dimniock. manager of the Puget Sound Electric Ry.,to whom we are indebted for the photograph and data on the racetrack trains, states that while these cars are quite as safe as any 4- 3 f
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claims and expenses. During the seven months of its operationthe association has paid out $3,049.95 in sickness and injury benefitclaims. The Montreal Street Railway Co. made a. Christmas giftof $3,oco to the association, this contribution being in addition tothat provided for in the by-laws of the association. This makesthe total received from the company $9,513.40. Ihe membership ofthe association has increased steadily and now numbers 1,152. Mr. W. G. Ross succeeded to the presidency of the associationwhen Mr. !•. I.. Wanklyn resigned as vice-president and generalmanager of the Montreal Street Ry. The association dues are $1 to join and 50 cents per monththereafter. This secures: Sick benefit of 60 cents per day afterthe first six days for 90 days, and 30 cents per day for the next 90days; free medical attendance; free medicine; 20 per cent discounton medicines recpiired by the family of a member; life insurancepolicy of $500; $50 towards cost of f

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