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Street Railway Journal Vol 26 #24 December 9 1905 Leith Corporation Tramways
Street Railway Journal Vol 26#24 December 9 1905
Pages 1011-1044
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Leith Corporation Tramways
A description is given of the Leith tramway system, adjoining Edinburgh, which has just been converted from horse to electric traction. A particularly interesting feature in connection with this line is the railway bridge which crosses the inner harbor This bridge is so arranged that its tilting before being swung operates the proper derailing switches and signals.
Meeting of the Ohio Interurban Railway Association
The last meeting of this association at Youngstown, Ohio, was devoted principally to discussions on types of interline tickets, the use of steel-tired wheels, the proper employment of recording and other instruments, charges for cars on foreign roads and reasonable tender for fares.
Meeting of the New England Street Railway Club -
The principal feature of this meeting was a paper by W. S. Bartholomew upon air brakes for electric cars.
Correspondence
THE LOCATION OF TOILET AND SMOKING COMPARTMENTS IN INTERURBAN CARS.
Question Box -
The question box is resumed in this issue with a number of new queries on the snow problem, increasing winter traffic, schedules, station economies, bond testing, etc.
Legal Department--
The leading article in this issue is on "Legislative Alteration of Corporate Charters and Franchises."
The Chicago Franchise Question
An extended digest is given of the form of new franchise which has been wcepted by both of the two principal railway companies in Chicago and by the Transportation Committee of the City Council.
The Location of Smoking Compartments on Interurban
Roads 1011
Heating and Lighting Interurban Cars 1011
Maxims on Courtesy 1011
Handling Unusual Crowds .....1012
Standardization of Parts.....1012
The Sorrows of Municipal Ownership 1013
Night Work in the Shops 1013
Improvements at Fort Worth 1018
Hand Reverse for Type M Control at Kansas City 1023
Cautioning Employees for Christmas Travel 1025
The First Ganz ThreePhase Railway in America 1026
AutoCar for Distributing Newspapers in Dayton 1026
Another Contribution on the New Haven Electrification 1027
Single-Truck, Semi.Convertible Cars for Asheville.... ..1027
New Vestibuled Cars for Pittsburg Railways 1028
Improvements at Buffalo 1028
New Controller System 1029
Improved Selective Signaling System 1030
Financial Intelligence 1038
Rumor of Other Purchases in New York by the Delaware &
Hudson Railroad 1030
Change in Control of San Francisco Property 1039
The Chicago Franchise Question 1040
A Peculiar Suit at Law 1041
Chicago and Milwaukee Connected 1042
New York, New Haven & Hartford Gets Other Properties 1042
Mr. Connette on the Question of Express 1042
Street Railway Patents 1042
Large Brake Order for Brooklyn 1044
Personal Mention 1044
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