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Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
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raway, the country roads so difficult for vehicles to traverseand the general scarcity of vehicles not engaged in publiccarriage service around the city is so pronounced, that theadvantages of the more showy method of carrying thecorpse on a catafalque car and the mourners in passengercars behind outweigh all other considerations. On re-ceipt of a call the company sends the cars to an appointedplace on a car line nearest the home of the deceased andthen the casket is carried to the caroso or funeral car,which has a canopied top. Masses of flowers and floraldesigns are spread over the casket, the mourners enterthe passenger car and the train proceeds. While delays inpassenger traffic may occur, the movements of funeraltrains are timed to interfere with the passenger service as May i, 1909.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 819 little as possible. In general, the lines of least traffic areused for funeral traffic and in some instances specialtracks are run to the cemetery. Some of the types of
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fine uniforms and distinctive badges for each class ofemployee. Thus motormen, conductors and inspectorswear blue uniforms, but inspectors wear silk caps whilethose of the trainmen are of cloth. Again,the conductors caps have straight visors,while those of the inspectors and motormenare bell-shaped. In addition, the inspectorswear lapel badges to denote their rank. Motormen receive from 17 cents to 24cents (silver) an hour, the higher rate beingpaid to instructors. Conductors of all gradesreceive 15 cents (silver) an hour. Appli-cants must pass a satisfactory examinationby the companys physician and are thenplaced on a school car, where they are in-structed in the details of car apparatus.Later, the student motorman is turned overto the motorman instructor of the particularcity or suburban line on which he is to beemployed. Carmen having good records fora year or more are eligible for promotion toMexico City Tramways-First-Class Train of Two Motor Cars for the P°sition of inspector,

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