Instructions for Use of Index

This index is essentially a subject index, not an index of titles, and articles treating a number of different subjects are indexed un- der each subject. In addition, a geographical leference is published wherever the article relates to any particular railway company, or to the State matters of any particular State. The geographical method of grouping serves to locate in the index any article de- scriptive of practices, conditions, events, etc., when the searcher knows the electric rail- way, city or State to which the article ap- plies. Groupings are made under the name of the city in which the main office of the company is located, but an exception is made in the case of electrified sections of steam railroads, such entries being made direct un- der the name of the railroad. City or State affairs appear direct under the names of the city or State involved.

In the subject index, the alphabetical method is followed, and if there is a choice of two or three keywords the one most gen- erally used has been selected, cross refer- ences being supplied. Below will be found a list of the more common keywords used in the index. This list has been subdivided for convenience into sixteen general subjects, but the general subject headings, shown in capi- tal letters, do not appear in the body of the index. As an example, if a reader wished to locate an article on power-driven motor trucks he would obviously look in the list under the general subject "vehicles," and of the four keywords that appear under this only "Commercial Vehicles" could apply to the article in question. The reader would therefore refer to this keyword under "C" in the body of the index.

CLASSIFIED LIST OF KEYWORDS

accident;-; and legal

Accioenfs ( including wrecks) Accident claim 'department Legislation Legal

Public service and regulative

commissions Public service corporations Safety-first movement

CARS

Car design Cars (descriptive) Cleaning of cars Gasoline cars Lubrication Heating of cars Lighting of cars Storage battery cars Tower cars Ventilation of cars Work cars Wrecking cars

CAR EQUIPMENT

Axles

Bearings

Brakes

Controllers and wiring Couplers

Current-collecting devices

Doors, seats and windows

Fenders and wheel guards

Gears and pinions

Headlights

Journals

Motors

Trucks, car

Wheels

EMPLOYEES Employees

Strikes and arbitrations FARES

Fare collection (including ap- paratus) Fares

Freight rates

Through routes and joint rates

Tickets

Transfers

FINANCIAL AND STATISTICS Accounting

Appraisal of railway property Financial

Franchises Maps

Operating records and costs Statistics

Traffic investigations

HEAVY ELECTRIC TRACTION Heavy electric traction (gen- eral )

High-tension d.c. railways Interurban railways (general) Locomotives

Low-tension d.c. railways Single-phase railways

MAINTENANCE OF EQUIP- MENT

Cleaning of cars

Inspection of cars

Maintenance records and costs

Paints and painting

Repair shop equipment

Repair shop practice

Repair shops

Tests of equipment

Washing of cars

Welding, special methods

OPERATION

Dispatching trains Multiple-unit trains Operating records and costs Passenger handling records Rules

Schedules and time tables Signals

Stopping of cars Telephones Trailer operation Yards

POWER

Boilers and equipment Cables

Energy consumption Feeders

Overhead contact system Poles

Power distribution

Power generation

Power stations and equipment

Purchased power

Storage batteries

Substations and equipment

Third-rail contact system Transmission lines Turbo-generators and equipment

RECORDS

Maintenance records and costs Operating records and costs Passenger handling records Record forms

STRUCTURES

Bridges Carhouses Freight stations Power stations Repair shops

Terminal stations and terminals Waiting stations

TRACK

Pavement

Rail joints and bonds Rails

Special work Ties

Track construction Track maintenance

TRAFFIC

Freight and express Parks and pleasure resorts Public, relations with Publicity Routing of cars Signs on cars Traffic investigations Traffic stimulation

VEHICLES (not on tracks)

Commercial vehicles Motor buses

Service and tower wagons Trackless trolleys

MISCELLANEOUS Advertising on cars Fire protection and insurance Lightning

Loading limits for cars Municipal ownership Organization charts Public, relations with Standardization Storerooms

Timber preservation '

In addition to the groups of articles cov- ered by these headings the papers and re- ports from railway associations and tech- nical societies are grouped under the names of the various organizations. Proceedings of other associations are indexed only in accord- ance with the subject discussed. The heading "Cars" includes all extended descriptions of individual types of cars, but short accounts of cars displaying: no important innovations appear only under the name of the railway

to which they apply. Under the headings "Financial" and "Statistics" appear the ar- ticles relating generally to capitalization, earnings and operating costs, as distin- guished from the detailed and highly sub- divided figures that are entered under "Oper- ating Records and Costs." Short descriptions of machine tools appear only under the head- ing "Repair Shon Equipment" and are not indexed alphabetically, because of the wide choice in most cases of the proper keyword.

January-June, 1916]

INDEX

INDEX TO VOLUME XLVII

PAGES BY WEEKS

Jan. 1 1 to 66

Jan. 8 67 to 110

Jan. 15 lllto 152

Jan. 22 153 to 194

Jan. 29 195 to 240

Feb. 5 241 to 296

Feb. 12 297 to 340

Feb. 19 341 to 388

Feb. 26 389 to 430

Mar. 4 431 to 482

Mar. 11 483 to 524

Mar. 18 525 to 588

Mar. 25 589 to 634

April 1 635 to 676

April 8 677 to 720

April 15 721 to 760

April 22 761 to 806

April 29 807 to 846

May 6 847 to 886

May 13 887 to 934

May 20 935 to 982

May 27 983 to 1026

June 3 1027 to 1070

June 10 1071 to 1116

June 17 1117 to 1164

June 24 1165 to 1212

Acceleration of traffic through preparedness of

passengers, Comment, 111 Accidents :

Automobile accidents, Comparative figures for

1913 rnd 1907, 36

Bridge collapse in Spokane, * 1 63

Casualties to persons on electric railways

during 1915, Interstate Commerce Com- mission report, 210

Fatalities, Ohio interurhan roads, 1914-1915,

500

Five-vear record of Puget Sound Tr. Lt. &

Pr. Co., 928

Increase in Great Britain due to war, 894

Reduction at Columbus, O., Graphic records,

*772

Accident claim department:

Accident faker convicted in New Tersey, 105

■ Co-operation with Transportation Department,

Comment, 590 Handling accident reserves, American Rys.

[Anderson], 955 Accountants' Association:

Additional appointments to committees, 610

Committee meetings:

Engineering-accounting, 784

Executive, 270 Accounting:

Accounting for betterments and replacements,

at New Haven, Conn. [Balfour], 770 Allocation of costs an engineering prqhlem,

Comment, 849 C. E. R. A. A. report on passenger and

freight accounting, 1134 t Departmental expense statements [Hixon],

♦1176

■ Depreciation of overhead charges with

glossary of terms used in valuations [Arnold], 498

1. C. C. questions and answers, Uniform sys- tem of accounts for electric railways, 515, 1105

New York Commission practice regarding

susnense accounts and security issues for replacements, 331

Power plant inventory [Henriques], *616

Relation of accounting officials to depart- mental heads [Bruster], 1136

Store-room systems [Schwartz], *1174

Voucher check, New form, Connecticut Co.,

*397

Adding machine for double-touch operation (Me- chanical Accountant Co.), 177 Air brakes: (See Brakes) Akron, Ohio:

Northern Ohio Tr. & I.t. Co.:

Financial statement, 624

streets

753

Akron, Ohio:

Northern Ohio Tr. & Lt. Co.: (Continued)

Near side stop, Results, 520 Safety campaign, Results, 520 Track construction in paved

[Blinn], *371 Wage increase, 1057

Albany, N. Y. :

Delaware & Hudson Co. :

Financial statement, 972

United Traction Co.:

Fare hearing, 1020 Motor bus line, Permit granted, New working agreement with employees, 923

West Albany bus line petition denied, 1157

Albia, la.:

Southern Iowa Ry. & Lt. Co.:

Foreclosure sale, 333 Allentown, Pa.:

Lehigh Valley Transit Co.:

Annual report 185

Equipment orders, 376

Safety patrol for schools proposed, 478;

Comment, 483 Transit, monthly publication, to be issued under new arrangement, 62 Alliance, Ohio:

Cleveland, Alliance & Mahoning Valley R) . :

Strike settled, Wages increased, 794

Stark Electric Ry.:

Strike settled, Wages increased, 794

American Electric Railway Accountants' Associa- tion (See Accountants' Association)

American Electric Railway Association:

Affiliation of Manufacturers' Association:

Amendments to constitution, 86 Circular letter, 212: Comment, 195;

[Brady], c 215 Comment, 241

Communications [Ham], 366; [Drew], 366

Enrollment under new amendments, 409, 699

Manufacturers' Association recommends membership in A. E. R. A., 565; Comment, 527

Manufacturers' dues, 610

Reasons for [Henry], 317; Comment, 297 American Association to conduct exhibits,

565; Comment, 527; Plans [Henry], 784;

Prospects, Comment, 1165 Bibliography on valuation, Announcement,

784

Brady medal, 169, 273; Comment, 343

Chairmen of committees, 42

Committee appointments for 1916, 129, 735

Committee meetings:

Company membership, 784

Convention exhibits, 824

Convention -location, 501

Exhibit Committee, *1188

Executive, 270, 566

Federal relations, 1044

Operation of motor vehicles, 959

Public relations, 566

Standards for car loading, 409

Valuation, 212 Company sections:

Booklet on, 1189

Capital Traction Co., 85, 171,

611, 863, 959 Chicago Elevated, 43, 611, 655, 824 Connecticut Co., 170, 502, 863, 911, 959,

*1 170

Denver Tramway, *85,

824, 1045 Manila, P. I., 86, *408, Milwaukee Electric Ry.,

911, 1045 Newport News, 611, 699, *785,

Comment, 721 Portland, Me., 408, 431, 501, 61

1187

Public Service Ry., 170, 272, 409, 610, 959, 1045

Washington Ry. & Elec. Co., 170, 366,

612, 785

Convention activities, Comment, 1187

— —Electrical safety code conferences, 43, 131 Midyear meeting:

Attendance, Comment, 241

Banquet, 271

Papers [Underwoodl, 247; rGuernseyl, 249; [Willcoxl, 260; [Mortimer], 253; [McGrath], *256: [Williams], 254; [Brush], 263; [Weston], 265; [Kealy], 267

President's address [Henry], 244

Proceedings, 269

Program details, 85; Comment, 153 Transportation arrangements, 85, 131

Monograph "Cost of Urban Transportation,"

Comment, 526

New company members, 1044

Publicity policy needed, Comment, 808

Secretary-treasurer's financial statement, 43

Substitute name wanted for manufacturers

as company members. Comment, 1165 Supplementary note to B. J. Arnold's con- vention address, 498

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

214, 365,

365, 501, 611,

610, 1187 *365, 611,

735,

863, 1045; 1045,

American Electric Railway Claim Agents Associa tion (See Claims Association)

American Electric Railway Engineering tion :

Chairmen of committees, 42

-^-—Committee appointments for 1916, 130, 131 — -Committee meetings:

Block signals, 318, 609, 824, 1188 Engineering-accounting, 784 Equipment, 211, 1141 Power distribution, _409, 1142 Power generation, 170 Transportation-engineering, 699 Way matters, 170, 211, 1187

Revised sheets for Manual, 609

Standards should cheapen cost [Adams], c

612; [Gove], c 612; Comment, 483, 589

American Electric Railway Manufacturers' Asso- ciation :

Affiliation with A. E. R. A. (See American

Electric Railway Association)

Committee meetings:

Executive, 501, 1187

American Electric Railway Transportation & Traf- fic Association:

Chairmen of committees, 42

Committee appointments for 1916, 130, 131

Committee meetings:

Passenger traffic, 610 Schedules and time-tables, 212 Training transportation employees, 212

American Institute of Electrical Engineers:

April meeting in New York, 777; Paper

[Renshaw], 777; Discussion, 779; Com- ment, 762

Electrolysis discussed, 563

Producing electric power by steam, Effect on

water-power values [Stillwell], 822

Technical committee work, Comment, 297

American International Corporation:

Development progress, 228

American Railway Engineering Association:

Clearance diagram for structures, 698

March meeting:

Committee reports, 606

Proceedings, *641 American Railways. (See Philadelphia, Pa.) American Waterworks Association:

Electrolysis report, 1129

American Wood Preservers' Association: Annual Convention:

Proceedings and papers, 166, 208

Anderson, Ind.:

Union Traction Co.

Accident reduction methods, *315

Annual report, 795

Brady medal awarded, 169, 273

Brady medal and service advertised, 424

Ventilating all-steel interurban cars

[Hemming], 1049 Zone system authorized for interurban lines, 799

Annapolis Short Line. (See Maryland Electric

Railways) Annapolis, Md. : Maryland Electric Rys.:

Locomotives, Profitable business for, *280

Results obtained with ampere-hour me- ters [Crouse], *413 Appraisal of railway property:

Bibliography on valuation published, 784

Conference' of Public Service Commissions,

273

Definitions of terms, [Arnold], 498

Elements of utility valuation [Weston], 265

Factors in utility valuation [Kealy], 267

Illinois Commission decision on Springfield,

111., gas case, 1002

Principles of railway valuation [Guernsey],

249; Comment, 242 Single basis proposed [Bauer], 493; Com- ment, 484

Valuation, Uncertainty of [Williams], 254

Ardmore, Okla. :

Ardmore Electric Ry. :

Receiver's sale, 797 Asbury Park, N. J.:

Titney operators secure writ to test legality

of ordinance, 1064 Asphalt mixing plant at Oakland, Cal. [Binkley],

*728

Asphaltic-concrete pavements [Pierce], 1051 Atchison. Kan.:

Atchison Ry., Lt. & Pr. Co.:

One-man car operation satisfactory to patrons [Waggoner], 25 ; Comment, 9

Atlanta, Ga. :

Georcia Ry. & Pr. Co.:

Financial statement, 1 1 OR

Mailing lists. Inefficient [Smaw], c 460;

Comment, 483 Rush hour traffic handling [Waters], c

502

Jitney ordinance sustained, 519

INDEX

[Vol. XLVII

Atlantic City, N. J.:

Atlantic City & Shore R.R.:

Gear repairs by electric arc [Blacklock],

*369

Receiver favors jitney regulation, 291 Service demanded to Longport, N. J., 335

Auburn & Syracuse Electric R.R. (See Syracuse, N. Y.)

Augusta, Ga.:

• Augusta-Aiken Ry. & Elec. Co.:

Fire, 875 Aurora, 111. :

Aurora, Elgin & Chicago R.R :

Safety first exhibit, *1033

(See also Wheaton, 111.) ; ' '

Australia:

Ballarat, Victoria: *">

Electric Supply Co. of Victoria, Ltd.: One-man car operation, Experiences with [Pringle], c 172 Newport, Victoria:

Power house, Victorian Ry., 19 Sydney, New South Wales:

Car ferry, *868 Sydney-North-Shore line:

Electrification progress, 618

Austria :

Vienna Municipal Tramways:

Stepless double-deck car [Spangler], *1030; Comment, 1027 Automobile competition:

Diversion of passengers from Seattle rail- ways, 291

Influence of [Gonzenbach], 75; Comment, 67

Automobiles damaged by cars, Repaired in Mem- phis Street Ry's. shops, *414

Axles:

Button-end axles, Method for reclaiming,

Rockford & Interurban Ry. [Graham],

*8?

Restoring worn journals, West Penn Rys.,

506

Bakersfield, Cal.:

Jitneys defeated in general election, 235;

Suspend operations, 291 Balance, Dynamic. (See Dynamic balance) Baltimore, Md.:

■ Maryland Motor Transportation Co.:

Requests permission to abandon fran- chise, 672

United Rys. & Elec. Co.:

Annual report, 1106

Favorable decision in paving case, 377 Favorable Supreme Court decision in

paving suit, 971 Service standards under consideration by

Commission, 1063; Fixed, 1159

Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Elec.

R.R.:

Annual report, 972 Baltimore & Ohio R.R.:

Operation of electrified section, M074; Com- ment, 1071

Banks, Security holdings of, 379; Comment, 341 Bay State Street Railway. (See Boston, Mass.) Bearings:

Anti-friction type discussed, Illinois Associ- ation, 1125; [Tohnson], 1127; [Car- hart], 1127.

-Application of ball bearings to railway car

journals (Gurney), [Bruenauer], *1096

Roller bearings on interurban cars, Empire

United Rys. [Voth and Metcalfe], *865

Beaver Valley Tr. Co. (See New Brighton, Pa.)

Belvidere, 111.:

Belvidere City Ry.:

Reported purchase at foreclosure sale misleading, 143

Binghamton, N. Y. :

— ■ — Binghamton Ry. :

New interurban cars, Details, *507 System of equipment records, *1053

Birmingham, Ala.:

Birmingham, Ensley & Bessemer Ry. :

Plans for sale, 667, 712 Birmingham Ry. Lt. & Pr. Co.:

Couplings for repairing burst hose, *326 Blue Hill Street Ry. (See Canton, Mass.) Boilers and equipment:

Automatic damper regulator [McDonough],

*791, *869

Heating boilers for electric locomotives, *1080

Higher boiler pressures and furnace construc- tion discussed, N. E. L. A. convention,

999

Providence plant additions, Rhode Island Co.,

*300

Three boiler meters in one (Bailey), *1054

Bonner Springs, Kan.:

Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western Ry.:

Kansas City-Lawrence line opened, 1058 Boston, Mass.:

Abolition of Transit Commission recom- mended, 710

Bay State Street Ry.:

Carhouse burned, 99

Carhouse construction and equipment de- tails and costs, * 1 98

Boston, Mass.:

Bay State Street Ry.: (Continued)

Cost of express building, 574

Fare hearing, .Massachusetts Commission

investigating company's valuation,

138, 291, *495, 799, 841, 881, 927,

976, 1019, 1063, 1110 Grinding practice for track, *1197 Large surface-car order, 622 New folder shows through routes, 1021 Petition for 6-cent fare on Rhode Island

lines, 335

Rush hour, Cost of operation [Richey], M95

Security issues approved, 797; Com- ment, 761

"l Storage-battery tower wagons for line

work, *179

Strike settled, pending arbitration, 709

Substation construction and equipment costs, 164

Titanium-treated Mayari rails, *179 Boston Elevated Ry. :

Appeal to Governor for special commis- sion to examine need for increased revenue, 1016; Comment, 984; Com- mission appointed, 1107

Demands formulated for increased wages, 710

Dividend reduced, 838

Exhibit at dedication of new M. I. T. power plant, * 1 133

Explaining service changes, Comment, 937

Fare collection revolutionized by instal- lation of motor-driven coin register, ♦ 77

Graphic coasting record, *95 Increasing capacity of urban systems

[Brush], 263 Length of ride [McGrath], *595 Power station additions, Large unit for,

*463, 830

Rails, Titanium-treated, Durability of, *47

Record-breaking traffic, 1158 Safety-first clock in subway, *8 1 2 Safety report, *652 Shuttle line operation discussed, 799 Ties, Treated and untreated [Bright], 504

Tunnel tolls, Agitation for suspension, 140; Abolished, 384

Vice-presidents receive equal rank, 99 ■ Boston & Worcester Street Ry.:

Annual report, 141 Brady memorial medal, 169, 273; Comment, 343 Brakes:

— — Anti-freezine device for air piping (National

Safety Service), *50 ■ Compressor maintenance methods [Parsons],

*176

Hand brake and slack adjuster [Home],

•1100

— — Instruction equipment [Smith], *321

■ Method of determining leverage [Floyd],

*370

— ■ — Variable-load brake for N. Y. Municipal

Rys.. 737 Brantford, Ont. : Lake Erie & Northern Ry.:

Passenger and freight line between Gait and Brantford, *986

Bridges :

Bridge timber tests in Oregon, 1052

Collapse of bridge in Spokane, *163

Construction and reconstruction in Kansas

City, Mo., 1091 Preventing drawbridge accidents in Brook- lyn [Tanis], *1007 Records and loadings, Connecticut Co. [Dun- ham], *412

Brill Co., The T. G., Financial statement, 379 Bristol & Norfolk St. Ry. (See Randolph, Mass.) Bristol, Tenn.:

Bristol Jitney Co. fails. 235

British Columbia Elec. Ry. (See Vancouver,

B. C.) Brooklyn. N. Y. :

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.:

Articulated car. *693; Comment, 721 Automobile maintenance costs, 947 B. R. T. Monthly publication begun, 105 Contact for portable welding machine

[McKelway], *568 Corrugation of rails by steel wheels, Dis- cussed [Gove], c 319 Crossovers, Location and wiring [McKel- way], 324

Financial report for last half of 1915, 232 Freeing manholes of gas [McKelway], ♦44

Free transportation for employees, 105 Hearing on additional surface cars, 1020 Influence of location of track in

street, Discussed, [Cram], 443 Insulation and phasing test panel

[Tanis], *828 Manganese steel for plain curves [Ber- nard], *410 Modification of "car full" order pro- posed, 670 New surface-lines rule book, 1109 Paving track allowances [Cram], c 1190 Safety devices for rolling stock, *1148 Safety motion-pictures, 468 Safetv rpnort of departmental commit- tee, 54

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Brooklyn, N. Y.:

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.: (Continued)

Savings and loan department planned,

383

Summary of safety work, 862 Valuation, Uncertainty of [Williams],

254

Wage increase, 53

Wood-strain insulators replace globe- strain, *224

ivew York Municipal Ry. (See New York

Citv)

Buffalo, Lockport & Rochester Ry. (See Roches- ter, N. Y.)

Buffalo, N. Y.:

International Railway:

Advertising campaign, *275 Campaign against spitting, 105 Changes recommended in line to Queens- town, Can., 1199 Conductor indicted for passing imitation coins, 236

Construction of Buffalo-Niagara Falls high-speed line, Commission order, 182

Cooperation with city in handling refuse

during teamsters' strike, 469 Night information bureau, 384 One-man car operation in Lockport [Dickson], 25; Comment, 9; Pro- posed compromise, 330; Opposition withdrawn, 841 Operating in flooded streets, *858 Safety appliance case, Time extension for filing appeal granted by court, 235

Wage increase, 710, 922, 1012, 1152 Buffalo & Lake Erie Tr. Co.:

Manually operated door and step con- trol for city cars, *660 Buffalo & Southern Ry.:

Strike, 1104, 1199 Buffalo & Wellsville R. R. Corp'n:

Commission approves transfer of Buffalo & Susquehanna Ry., 422 Burlington County Transit Co. (See Mount

Holly, N. J.)

Cables :

Freeing manholes of pas, Brooklyn Rapid

Transit System [McKelway], *44

Improved type of solderless connector

(Frankel), * 1010

Sector type, Relative conductivity and in- sulation, *373

Calgary, Canada:

Municipal Street Ry.:

Operating cost under municipal owner- ship, Analysis of, 139

California:

Attractive waiting stations in southern Cali- fornia, 997

Effect of jitneys on steam roads, 928

Electric railway association organized, 872

Electric railways petition Commission for re- lief from excessive burdens, 511; Com- ment, 485

Loss in electric railway earnings through

jitneys, 1206 California Southern R. R. (See Los Angeles,

Cal.)

Cambria & Indiana R. R.:

Storage battery car, Low operating cost, 466

Canada :

— —Hydro-electric plans, 329

(See also names of cities)

Canton, Mass.:

Blue Hill Street Ry.:

Fare reduction for school children re- fused by Massachusetts commission, 103

Cape Girardeau, Mo.:

Cape Girardeau-Jackson Int. Ry.:

One-man car system [Tinsley], 20; Com- ment, 9

Capital Traction Co. (See Washington, D. C.) Car building industry, Progress, 1909-1914, 1133 Car design:

Development in 1915, *20; Comment, 9

Development of lightweight car [Moore], 953

■ Front-entrance center-exit, Conversion of

standard type, Cleveland Ry., *344

Hearing before Massachusetts Public Serv- ice Commission, 818

Open cars changed to prepayment, Spring- field & Worcester, Mass., *592

Steel siding substituted for wood at Green- wood, Ind. [Buchmann], *569

■ Summer cars rebuilt for winter use, Louis- ville Ry., *415_

Treated roof covering (Boyle). 95

Car ferry at Sydney, New South Wales, *868

Carhouses:

Bav State Street Ry., Construction and equip- ment details and costs, *198

Design and construction, Considerations af- fecting [Bedwell], 209

Car roofing to withstand severe weather (Boyle),

Cars:

Binghamton, N. Y., Interurban, *507

Birney type, 10,000-lb., twenty-nine-seat, *556

Brooklyn, N. Y., Articulated, *693; Com- ment, 721

January-June, 1916]

INDEX

Cars: (Continued)

Cleveland & Erie Ry., Lightweight interurban

[Palmer], *656

Cleveland, O., Reconstructed front-entrance

center-exit, *344

Connecticut Co., Semi-convertible, *856

Des Moines, la., Front and center door, *948

Empire United Rys., Parlor, Converted pri- vate cars, *392; Comment, 389 Hazleton, Pa,. All-steel passenger and bag- gage, *810

Lake Erie & Northern Ry., *986

Lehigh Traction Co., Center-entrance, * 1 78

Public Service Ry. [Benedict], * 1 1 4

Rochester, N. Y., Low level, *764; Comment,

763; Modified design, *1 196

Statistics of cars ordered during 1915, 34;

Comment, 2

■ Vienna, Austria, Stepless double-deck

[Spangler], *1030; Comment, 1027

Wilmington 6i Philadelphia low-floor, light- weight, *1 168

Cars at less than cost. Comment, 298

Cars, one-man. (See One-man cars)

Car sales, Record for past years, J. G. Brill Co., 379

Cedar Rapids, Iowa:

Iowa Rv. & Lt. Co.:

Coal storage under water TWardle], *1191

Freight locomotive, 600-1200-volt, *48 Central Electric Railway Accountants Associa- tion. :

June meeting, Proceedings, 1134; Papers

[Bruster], 1136; [Schwarz], 1174; [Hix- on], *\\76

Central Electric Railway Association:

Annual "Brown Book" issued, 649

February meeting, 401

Gavel presented to President Henry, *454

Papers [Waite], 452; [Hershey], 453 President's address [Henry], 402 Proceedings, 401, *451, 454; Comment, 433

Committee appointments, 649

Central Electric Traffic Association:

Committee appointments, 650

Statistics on activities during 1915, 210

Centralia, 111.:

Centralia & Central City Tr. Co.:

Express service approved, 384

Chattanooga, Tenn. :

Chattanooga Ry. & Lt. Co.:

Granite blocks recut and relaid cheaply [Dike], 1192

Tennessee Ry., Lt. & Pr. Co.:

Financial statement, 1107

Chautauqua Traction Co. (See Jamestown, N. Y.)

Chicago, Anamoosa & Northern R. R., Electrifica- tion proposed, 1011

Chicago & Joliet Electric Ry. (See Joliet, 111.)

Chicago, Lake Shore & So. Bend Ry. (See Mich- igan City, Ind.)

Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Ry. (See Ottawa, 111.)

Chicago, 111.:

Advertising, Outdoor, by electric railways,

1129

Board of Supervising Engineers:

Elements of utility valuation [Weston], 265

Professor Bemis removed, 285 Chicago City & Connecting Rys.:

Annual report, 185

Dividend reduction recommended, 141 Chicago Elevated Rys.:

Accident reduction, *398, 800

Asks public's cooperation, 1020

Economy of power consumption in car operation [Seely], *688

Energy savings with roller bearings, 1127

Field control motor tests [Johns.on], 1183

Maintenance of rolling stock described to Sunday school class [Johnson], 1041

Notes extended, 1204

Real estate appraisers appointed, 794

Service improvements advertised, 105

Value of instruction in energy consump- tion [Johnsonl, *687

Wage increase, 1104 Chicago & Milwaukee Elec. R. R.:

Energy savings, Results with ampere- hour meters [Thompson], 687

Fares fixed by Wisconsin Commission, 383

Foreclosure sale, 878; Confirmed, 1107 Reorganization plan, 926 Reorganized as Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee R. R., 1155

Chicago Railways: .

Annual report, 751

Chicago Surface Lines:

Annual meeting of Surface Lines club, 793

Annual report, 623, 923 Development, statement by company, 1189

Newspaper advertisement on length of ride, *736

Postal employees, Count of free rides, 755

Safety calendar in schools, *350 Skip-stop service. Difficulties in estab- lishing [Sullivan], 18; Comment, 8

Chicago, 111.:

Chicago Surface Lines: (Continued)

Wage increase, 1104

— Chicago Traction & Subway Commission:

Appointments *147; Approved, 183;

Confirmed, 285 Non-political character, Comment, 297 Origin and destination of passengers of surface and elevated passengers to be checked, 800 Preliminary hearings, 417 Preliminary organization, 378

Electrification of terminals, New investiga- tion instituted by city council, 99

Electrification report discussed, N. Y. R R.

club, 604

Home rule plan opposed, 875

Illinois Public Utilities Commission jurisdic- tion over Chicago railways denied by Circuit Court, 1056; Appeal by Com- mission, 1104; Comment, 1117

Loop traffic analyzed, * 1 7 1

Power purchases by electric railways, 1034

Southern Illinois is St. Louis Ry.:

Construction plans, 283

Standard Gas & Elec. Co.:

Financial statement, 1108

■ -Traction fund affected by wage increase, 97

Traffic and safety commission appointed by

Mayor, 105

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.:

—Advertising electrification, 665; Comment,

636

Construction costs in percentage [Potter],

779

■ Electric locomotives ordered in 1915; Cor- rection, 135

Electrification commenced on second engine

division, 794

Fuel oil burner for steam heat used on loco- motives, *829

High-voltage, two-stage air compressor (Gen- eral Electric Co.), "180

Operating notes [Armstrong], 1130

Regenerative braking tests on electric loco- motives, 84

Results of early electric operations, *638

Switching locomotives, Electric, *465

-Track electrified in 1915, Correction, 135

Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee R. R. (Suc- cessor to Chicago & Milwaukee Elec. R. R.)

Choctaw Ry. & Ltg. Co. (See McAlester, Okla.) Cincinnati, Dayton & Toledo Tr. Co. (See Ham- ilton, Ohio)

Cincinnati, Indiana & Louisville R. R., Proposed construction of new line in Indiana, 1057 Cincinnati, Ohio:

Belt Line plans, 54, 228, 4t8, 419, 511;

Authorized, 833 Bond issue proposed for construction of

municipal rapid transit loop, 577 Cincinnati, Milford & Loveland Tr. Co.:

City connection plans, 329

Decision in excise tax case, 514 Cincinnati Traction Co.:

Cooperation in educational plan [Wil- son], *724; Comment, 723

New working terms asked by employees, 709

Revision of franchise proposed, 834

Valuation of figures, Dispute, 970; Fig- ures of Company, Commission and City, 1150 West End Rapid Transit Co.:

Perpetual franchise granted, 875 Citizens Street Ry. (See Clarksville, Tenn.) Citizens Traction Co. (See Oil City, Pa.) City Lt. & Tr. Co. (See Sedalia, Mo.) Claims Association:

Chairmen of committees, 42

Committee appointments for 1916, 130

Committee meetings:

Executive, 271 Clarksville, Tenn.:

-Clarksville & Dunbar Cave Ry.:

Foreclosure sale, 58

Taken over by Citizens Street Ry., 288 Cleaning of cars:

Soap for car-washing, Test to determine most

suitable [Woods], 91 Clearance diagram for structures, A. R. E. A.,

*698

Clear Lake Suspended Monorail Company, Con- struction plans, 833; Issuance of securi- ties denied, 1200

Clear-vision shield for vestibule windows (Clear Vision Shield Co.), * 1 37

Cleburne, Tex.:

Cleburne Ry. Co.:

New management, 381

Cleveland Alliance & Mahoning Valley Ry. (See Alliance, Ohio)

Cleveland & Erie Ry. (See Girard, Pa.,

Cleveland, Ohio:

Bridge approach construction delayed, 98

City Commissioner opposed to stopping inter-

urbans at city limits, 418 Cleveland Ry. :

Analysis of operating costs [Nashl, 455

Annual meeting of stockholders, 232

Annual report, 331

Buying good shovels, Economy in [Clarkl, 175

Cars remodelled for front entrance, cen- ter exit, '34^

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Cleveland, Ohio:

Cleveland Ry.: (Continued)

East Cleveland franchise negotiations, 1200

Increase in operating allowances, 620,

664, 708, 834, 971 Increased speed by skip-stops, 335 Measuring yardage of granite blocks by weight instead of count [Clark J, 963 Methods used to reduce cost of opera- tion [DoolittleJ, 359 New track construction proposed, 329 Skip-stop effects service improvement

[Wilson], *15; Comment, 8 Tax reduction not attained, 285, 419 Track construction costs, *559 Track reconstruction plans approved by

City Council, 419 Wage increase asked, 749, 794, 831, 873, 920

Cleveland, Southwestern & Columbus Ry.:

Firing with gas at Elyria power station [Lewis], 1095

New transformer house at Elyria, Ohio, [Lewis], *1193 Lake Shore Elec. Ry. :

Financial statement, 712

Subway approaches approved by Council, 182

Tayler ordinance, Analysis and results [Doo-

little], 359

Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern R. R. (See

Willoughby, Ohio) Coal storage under water, Iowa Ry., Lt. & Pr.

Co. [Wardle], * 1 1 9 1 Coasting, Theoretical analysis of [Chappelle],

*116; Comment, 112 Coasting recorders (See Energy consumption) Columbus, Ohio:

Columbus Ry., Pr. & Lt. Co.:

Accidents reduced 21 per cent in 1915

oyer 1914, 236 Reducing insurance rates, 564 Results of safety work, Graphic records,

*772

Safety poster displayed in car windows, *853

Special track-layouts made interchange- able [Watters], *864

Wage increase, 874 Commonwealth Pr., Ry. & Lt. Co. (See Grand

Rapids, Mich.) Concrete mixing plant at Oakland, Cal. [Binkley],

*728

Connecticut Co. (See New Haven, Conn.)

Connellsville, Pa.:

West Penn Rys.:

Method of reclaiming worn axles, 506 Plan for eliminating useless weight on cars, 573

Reclaiming oxidized babbitt [Durie], 656 Conduit, Flexible, for car wiring, Philadelphia,

*791

Conestoga Traction Co. (See Lancaster, Pa.) Connectors, Solderless, Improved type (Frankel), *1010

Controllers and wiring:

Controller connection boards, frames and

covers, Method for remedying defects

[Squier], *221 "Dead-man's button," Decision in New

York on arrangement of parts, 1149 Defects in multiple-unit control equipment

[Squier], *738 Field control discussed, Illinois Association,

1126; [Hershberger], *1178 Finger adjustment for drum controllers

[Overman], *276 Flexible conduit for car wiring, Philadelphia,

*791

Gage for adjustment of controller fingers

[Parsons], *615

Grid resistor tests, *505, c 1048

Liquid rheostat in locomotive service [Hall],

*313

Maintenance of controller handle bushings

[Ransom], *961

Maintenance of motor leads [Ransom], *1 194

Motorman's auxiliary control board, Indian- apolis, Columbus & Southern Tr. Co. [Buchmann], *701

Porcelain insulators for suspending grids at

Hazleton, Pa. [Brown], "1144

Repairs in Los Angeles [Clark], *278

Resistance grids of welded east iron, Penn- sylvania R. R. [Rav], *322; Durability [Ray], c 407

Series-parallel on line car at Vancouver, B.

C. [Lloyd], *461

Shop methods for controller maintenance

[Ransom], *701

Conventions, Overlapping dates for, Comment, 1117

Copper production by countries, 94 Copper shortage in Germany, 38

Corea :

Chosen Light Rys. & Tramways:

Financial statement, 287 Corning, N. Y. :

Corning & Painted Post Ry. :

Public Service Commission permits motor bus competition on through routes, 334

Corpus Christ), Tex.:

Corpus Christi Ry. & Lt. Co.:

One-man car operating experiencei [Locher], 946

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Corpus Christi, Tex.:

Corpus Christi Ry. &• Lt. Co.: (Continued)

One-man car operation authorized by Council,

424

Corrugation of Rails (See Rails) Cost-efficiency, Compared with energv-efhciency, 697

Cost estimates on unit-time basis [Fuller], *80 Costs reduced at expense of good workmanship,

Comment, 298 Couplers:

Electro-magnetic couplers introduced in Ger- many, 742

Jumper and air connection permitting quick

coupling, Binghamton Ry., *508

M. C. B. standard adopted, Comment, 1165

Cuba:

Jucaro & Moron Ry. :

Gasoline motor cars to replace steam equipment, 968

Culverts :

■ Hydrostatic tests of corrugated [Fowler],

*914

Tested under a sand bed [Fowler], *964

Cumberland, Md.:

Cumberland &- Westernport Elec. Ry. :

Names instead of numbers proposed for motormen and conductors, 582

Cumberland County Pr. & Lt. Co. (See Portland, Me.)

Current collecting devices:

Bow trolleys introduced in Switzerland, 326

■ Discussion on collection of high-tension direct

current [Potter], 779 Friction in trollev bases, Method to prevent

["Vulcan"], *174

Trolley shoe (Miller), *829

Curtains for cars. Develomnent of automatic

[Forsyth], *133

Dallas, Tex.:

Appraisal and maintenance figures, Local

electric railways, 621

Dallas Consolidated Elec. Street Ry.:

Bonus for accident prevention, 478 Scientific selection of employees [Ger- hardt], 943, *996, c 1046; Comment, 935

Skip-stop recommended, 335

Election results, 707

Franchise situation, 327, 513, 748

Option taken on traction, terminal and light- ing properties, 1016 Preliminary report on traction situation pre- sented, 417

Southern Traction Co.:

Methods of developing interurban traffic

[Griffin], 993 One-man car operation at Waco, Tex.

[Stichter], 25; Comment, 9 Sale to St. Louis Union Trust Co., 879

Valuation controversy with public utilities,

1151

Wage increases to employees by several com- panies, 184

Davenport, la.:

Tri-dty Ry.:

Reducing power consumption, Methods

and results [Skelley], *813 Repair shop methods [Sutherland], 901 Wage increase, 1153

Dayton, Ohio:

Commission-manager government discussed

[Waite], 452

Dayton & Troy Elec. Ry.:

Complaint against Western Ohio Ry. on division of freight receipts dis- missed, 800

Oakvvood Street Ry. :

Educational exhibit at industrial ex- position, *857 Oecatur, Ind:

Ft. Wayne & Springfield Ry.:

Reorganized under name of Fort Wayne & Decatur Tr. Co., 474; Rehabili- tation plans, 1057 Settlement of claims by receiver, 288

Defective materials, Liability for. Comment, 589

Delaware & Hudson Co. (See Albany, N. Y.)

Deliveries of cars and parts in 1916, 19; Com- ment, 67; [Hawley], c 172; [Hanna], c 219

Delta Lt. & Tr. Co. (See Greenville, Miss.) Denver, Col.:

Denver Tramway Co.:

Bonds and bonding practice [Eveland],

966

New route signs, *1143 New trademark adopted, *450 Frize offered for name of company pub- lication, 477, 519 Rush-hour traffic handling [Beeler], 353

Des Moines, la.:

Des Moines City Ry.:

Franchise provisions, Digest of, 205 Franchise vote upheld by State Supreme

Court, 227 Front and center door cars, *948 Plans for refinancing, 332 Rerouting plans, 671

Detroit, Mich.:

■ Car-capacity ordinance passed by council, 61

Detroit, Mich.: (Continued) Detroit United Ry. :

All-steel, single-end, prepayment motor cars, *225

Annual report, 286

Dividend declared, 838

Electric Railway Service begins inter- urban edition, 146

Experimental transfer-printing machine, 841

Methods of stimulating traffic, 783 Mileage of cast iron and steel wheels, 1051

New positions created to effect service

improvements, 145 Public urged to buy stock, 419 Rerouteing plan submitted, 801 Skip-stop discontinued, 60 Track material ordered, 1915, 279 Wage conference, 330; Increase, 419 Women suggested as platform employees,

628

Municipal ownership defeat discussed by

Samuel Gompers, 469 — • — Traffic relief plans, 329 Diesel engines:

Cost-efficiency compared with energy-effi- ciency, 697

Operating data, Texas plants, 619

Dominion Power & Transmission Co., Ltd. (See Hamilton, Ont.)

Doors, seats and windows:

Automatic car curtain, Development [For- syth], *133

Door and step control, Manually operated,

Buffalo & Lake Erie Tr. Co. (National Pneumatic Co.), *660

Inexpensive door-opening device at Trenton,

*1053

Mechanical door and step operating device

for center-entrance cars, Richmond, Va.

[Taurman], *1008

Sanitary seat back covers [Fischer], *322

Storm shield for motorman's window (Clear

Vision Shield Co.), *137 Dubuque, la.: Union Electric Co.:

Cars remodeled for one-man operation, 61

Ordinance against one-man cars passed, 755

Duluth, Minn.:

Duluth Street Ry.:

Endless chain ticket scheme revived, 755

Duluth-Superior Traction Co.:

Annual report, 1059

Low fare order rescinded, 840

Dynamic balance, Testing machine [Dynamic Bal- ancing Machine Co.], *742

Earnings of electric railways:

January and February, 1915 and 1916, Com- pared, 973

First quarter, 1915-1916, compared, 1203

Last quarter of 1915, 796

March, 1916, 1203

Years of 1914 and 1915 compared, 750, 838;

Comment, 722, 808

Years of 1914 and 1915 compared, 750; Com- ment, 722, 808

East Liverpool, Ohio:

East Liverpool Ry. & Lt. Co.:

Wage increase, 874

East St. Louis, 111.:

East St. Louis & Suburban Ry.:

Load-dispatching system [Clapp], *156

Education, Cooperative, In electric railway work [Wilson], *724, [Cameron], c 823, Com- ment, 723, 807

Electric railways:

"Daylight saving" and traffic, Comment, 1118

Duty as an educator, Comment, 808

Earnings of (see Earnings of electric rail- ways)

Fake promoters, Comment, 635

Needs of [Henry], 244; Comment, 808

Officials, Method of handling work, Com- ment, 807

— — Preparedness movement [Drew], c 782, Comment, 761

Problems of [Doolittle], 1035, [EwingJ, 600

Subways, Responsibility for fixed charges

when surface line capacity is exceeded [Brush], 263 Supplies, Cost increasing, 471, 578; Com- ment, 431 Electric Railway Journal:

Maintenance Issue, Comment, 590

Reporting conventions, Comment, 984

Service to the industry during 1915, Com- ment, 1 Electrolysis:

American Waterworks Association report,

1129

— — Conference at Atlanta, Ga., 859, 960

Effect with infrequently reversed currents,

563

Electrolysis mitigation, Pamphlets issued by

National Bureau of Standards. 168

Three-wire system in Los Angeles, Cal.,

*395; Comment, 389

Elevators for London (Eng.) subway stations, Automatically controlled, 350

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Elmira, N. Y.:

Elmira Water, Lt. & R. R. Co.:

Changes in security issues, 142, 287 Empire United Rys. (See Syracuse, r\. Y.) Employees:

Bonus during war, Southwest Missouri R. R.,

747

Bonus distributed under profit-sharing plan,

Washington Ry. & Elec. Co., *74

Compulsory health insurance, Report by Na- tional Civic Federation, 603

Cooperative education [Elliott], c 1047

Duty of railway as an educator, Comment,

808

Grievances of employees, Methods of re- moving, Comment, 155

Group insurance arranged for employees at

New Bedford, Mass., 104

Group insurance plan, Jamestown, N. Y.,

755

Insurance discussed, N. Y. E. R. A., 448

Manners of platform men [Will], c 781;

Comment, 635 Methods of selecting and training trainmen,

Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Ry.

[Lamb], 900

Names instead of numbers proposed at Cum- berland, Md., 582

Physical examinations for employees. 908

School for platform men at Louisville, Ky.,

*1043

Scientific selection [Gerhardt], 943, *996;

Comment, 935; [Gerhardt], c 1046; [Lawson], c 1046

Shortage due to war, Comment, 525

Training platform men [Heindle], 954

University courses planned for United Rail- roads' employees, 54

Wage increases:

Alliance, Ohio, 794

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., 53

Buffalo, N. Y., 1152

Chicago Elevated R. R., 1104

Chicago Surface Lines, 1104

Citizens Traction Co., 874

Cleveland Rys., 873

Columbus Ry. Pr. & Lt. Co., 874

Connecticut Co., 1013

Cumberland County Lt. & Pr. Co., 1057 Dallas, Tex., 184 Detroit, 419

East Liverpool Ry. & Lt. Co., 874 Frankford, Tacony & Holmesburg Ry.,

874

Harrisburg Rys., 874 Interborough Rapid Transit Co., 53 International Ry., 1012 Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph Ry., 99

Lowell & Fitchburg St. Ry., 285

New York Rvs., 53

N. Y. State Rys., 874

Northern Ohio Tr. & Lt. Co., 1057

Ohio Electric Ry., 874

Omaha & Council Bluffs St. Ry., 1058

Philadelphia Ranid Transit Co., 832

Pittsburgh Rys., 872

Public Service Ry., 971

Reading Transit & L.. Co., 622

Rhode Island Co., 30

Saginaw-Bay City Ry., 1200

Scranton Railway, 794

Shore Line Elec. Ry., 1101

Springfield & Xenia Ry., 874

Third Avenue Ry., 53

Toledo Rys. & Lt. Co., 745

Tri-City Ry., 1153

United Railways, 709

LTnited Traction Co., 923

Virginia Rv. & Pr. Co.. 230

Western Ohio Ry., 1152

Wilmington & Philadelphia Tr. Co., 229

Worcester & Warren Street Ry., 1153

York Rys., 874 — ■ — Wage increases and rates, Comment, 723 Welfare work:

Brooklyn, N. Y., Savings and loan de- partment planned, 383

Mutual benefit association formed at Morristown, N. J., 502

Pension plan, Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Ry., 106

Pension system, Interborough Rapid Transit Co., 620 Women suggested for platform work at De- troit, Mich., 628 Workmens' Compensation law, Third party

liability, New York, Comment, 448, 888 Energy capacity of human being, 698 Energy consumption:

Ampere-hour meters, Results on Annapolis

Short line [Crouse], *413

Analysis of various elements. Comment, 1167

Car operation efficiency [Wynne], c 173,

[Layng] *690

Coasting, Effect on efficiency in car opera- tion [Potter], c 218

Coasting record in graphic form, Boston Ele- vated Ry., *95

Coasting recorder maintenance cost, Inter- borough Rapid Transit Co. [Doyle], c 215

Coasting recorders adopted, Pacific Electric

Ry., 326

Coasting, Theoretical analysis of [Chappelle],

*116; Comment, 112

Discussion at Illinois Electric Railway Asso- ciation convention, *685, 732 arrangement, 1149

•

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INDEX

VII

Energy consumption: (Continued)

Economy of pause on series notch [Putnam],

c 654

Effectiveness of coasting recorders at Ft.

Worth, Tex. [Berry], 946

-Efficient car operation [Arthur], c 781

Energy input method of determining motor- men's efficiency [Chappelle], c *695

Field control motor tests [Johnson], 1183

'Maintenance costs of coasting recorders,

Jacksonville Traction Co. [Yander Veer], c 172

Motormen's efficiencies determined by energy- input [Koehler], c *367

New meter (Sangamo), *704

Power mileage meter (Elec. Ry. Improve- ment Co.), *509

Power saving by training men, Aurora, Elgin

& Chicago R.R. [Gillette[, 732

Starting currents of interurban car motors

[Ewing], 90

Test, Rochester low-level, light-weight car,

*767

Watt meters at Davenport, la. [Skelley], *813

England. (See Great Britain) Erie R.R.:

Cost of adding auxiliary contact wire,

Rochester-Mt. Morris, 466 "Dead -man s button," Commission decision

on arrangement, 1149 Estimating costs on unit-time basis [Fuller], *80 Evanston, 111.: Evansville Rys. :

Hot floor oil, Substitute for paint, 411 Evansville, Ind.: Evansville Rys.:

Automatic damper regulator test (Mc- Donough), *869 Public Utilities Co.:

Grinding commutators [Leavitt], *788

Wrecking car equipment, *1196 Everett, Wash.:

Everett Ry. Lt. & Water Co.:

Permission to operate one man cars re- quested, 384

Export trade :

Combination for expansion. Comment, 936

Government co-operation. Comment, 241

Restrictions discussed at Trade Convention,

274

Factory specials, Running empty, Comment, 111 Fares :

Auto-bus fares on Puget Sound Tr., Lt. & Pr.

Co. subsidiary line, *164 Copper zones in Norwich, Conn. [Perkins],

c *567, 1039 Copper zone system extended, Shore Line

Elec. Ry., 424 Distance system proposed [Harvie], 449;

Comment, 433 Effect of increased fares on revenue [Doolit-

tle], 1035

Fare increases and reasonable rate of return,

Comment, 197

• German electric railways agitating for in- crease, 1124

Increases:

San Diego & Southeastern Ry., 104 Tacoma Ry. & Pr. Co., 1111 Toledo Rys. & Lt. Co., 745, 833; Com- ment, 721

Increase at Waupaca, Wis., modified, 627

Increase in Massachusetts suspended, 715,841

Los Angeles rate case, *862

Low fare order rescinded, Duluth-Superior

Tr. Co., 840 Reduction for school children refused by

Massachusetts commission, Blue Hill

Street Ry., 103 Reduction ordered by I. C. C. between Steu-

benville, Ohio and Follansbee, W. Va.,

669

Requirements in Cleveland to meet cost of

operation [Nash], 455 Sale of eight tickets for 25 cents without

transfer, Discontinued at Vancouver,

B. C, 512

Three-cent fare petition in Hoboken, N. J.,

before State Commission, 384

Trenton & Mercer County Tr. Co., Strip

ticket order, 335; Petition against, 477, 628

Valuation brief in fare case filed by Jackson- ville (111.) Ry. & Lt. Co., 731

Zone system:

Authorized for all Indiana interurban lines, 799

Groton & Stonington Street Ry., Autho --

ized by Commission, 1089 Norwich, Conn., Discussion [Perkins],

*567, 1039 Proposed for New York rapid transit

trains on Long Island R.R. track,

478

Fare collection:

Cash receipt holder (MacDonald Ticket &

Ticket Box Co.), "51 Facilities for fare collection in Rochester

low-level car, *764; Comment, 763 Fare box that counts five kinds of fares

(Johnson Fare Box Co.), * 1 36 Methods discussed, [Harvie], 449; Com- ment, 433

Fare collection : (Continued)

Methods of fare collection on one-man cars

[Funk], 20; [Tinsley], 20; LHallerJ, *21; [Fowles], 24; [Knox], 24; [Reid], *24; [Dickson], 25; [Waggoner], 25; [Claggett], 25; [Stichter], 25; Com- ment, 9

Method on one-man cars, Electric Supply Co.

of Victoria, Ltd. [Pringle], c 172 Motor-driven coin register revolutionizes fare

collection, Boston Elevated Ry., *77 Register-operating mechanism combined with

conductor's seat,' Manhattan & Queens

Tr. Corp'n [Sherwood], * 1 74 Three fare collectors per car at congested

points in Kansas City, 800

Feeders:

Cast-iron junction for iron pipe and clay

duct, *280

Insulator for use on curves (Anderson Mfg.

Co.), *281

Protection by automatic current-limitation

[Howard], *603 Return feeder system, Interborough Rapid

Transit Co. [Gross], *160 Three-wire system in Los Angeles, *395;

Comment, 389 F"enders and wheelguards. (See Pilots) Fifth Avenue Coach Co. (See New York City) Financial :

Accounting for rents; Comment, 11

Adequate return on investment [Thome], c

567

Analysis of N. Y. State electric railway bond

issues, 407

— ■ — Bankers profits in financing security issues,

Comment, 342 ■ Boston Elevated Ry. appeals to Governor for

special commission to examine need for

increased revenue, 1016; Comment, 984;

Commission appointed, 1107 Business conditions, Forecast for 1916 as

compared to 1915, 100, *127 Business improvement during 1915, Comment,

Comparison of freight and passenger receipts

for five years on interurban line, *347 Comparison of operating results of territorial

groups of electric railways, 421 Control of interstate utility capitalization by

commissions [Heilman], 1042 Depreciation of overhead charges [Arnold],

498

Determining if proposed improvements will

pay [Burr], c 1047 Earnings and operating statistics for Massa- chusetts lines, Report of Public Service

Commission, 141 Earnings of electric railways in New York

State, 309 Earnings of electric railways:

For year 1915, 838

January and February, 1916, 973

Last quarter 1915, 79.6

March, 1916, 1203

Years 1914 and 1915 compared, 750; Comment, 722, 808

Effect of labor costs, service standards and

fares on revenue [DoolittleJ, 1035

Electric railway securities unpopular, Com- ment, 847

Handling accident reserve accounts [Ander- son], 955

Investment in electric railways; Competition

with other forms [Willcox], 260; Com- ment, 241

Mail transportation expenditures. Electric

and cable cars, Government report for 1915, 131

Massachusetts Railways, Return on invest- ment [McGrath], *256; Comment, 243

Monograph "Cost of Llrban Transportation"

[Doolittle], Comment, 526

New issues, Decrease in 1915, 835; Comment,

808; Increase first quarter 1916, 835

New securities, Tabulation various classes,

1914 and 1915, 835

Plan to finance new construction at Fresno,

Cal., 472

Protecting utility securities, Co-operation of

investors, 974 ■ Rate of return [Mortimer], 253; Comment,

243

Rate of return, Report by Boston (Mass.)

Chamber of Commerce, 494 Relieving the investor's uncertainty [Bauer],

491 ; Comment, 484 Returns in unregulated industries, Comment,

678

Rising cost of railway capital, Comment, 389

Securities maturing, Amount in 1916, 1917,

1918, 863

Security holdings of banks, 379; Comment,

341

Security issues, Attitude of Wisconsin Com- mission [Geisse], 602

Subways, Responsibility for fixed charges

[Brush], 263

Utility securities discussed [Babson], 579

Valuation brief, Jacksonville (HI.) fare case,

731

Fire protection and insurance: — Better protection needed, Comment, 635

Carhouse protective equipment, Importance

of, 209

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Fire protection and insurance: (Continued)

Extinguisher tested unexpectedly at Omaha,

Neb., 1195

Grounded motor insurance reduced in In- diana, *95; Comment, 111

Gasoline tire hazard, Method for reducing, 84

Reducing insurance rates at Columbus, Ohio,

564

Fitchburg, Mass.:

Lowell t\ Fitchburg Street Ry.:

\\ age increase, 285 Flange oiler [Lister], *700

f loors, Platform, Hot oil as substitute for paint,

Folders and timetables for stimulating traffic

LGreene], "351 Foreclosure sales of electric railway properties in

1915, 38 Fort Smith, Ark.: fore smith Lt. & Tr. Co.:

Car operation over bridge, Agreement signed, 98; Uperating contract, 420 Jitney regulatory ordinance upheld by State

supreme Court, 235 Ft. Wayne & INortliern Indiana Tr. Co. (See

Lafayette, lnd.; Fort Wayne, lnd.) Fort Wayne, Ind.:

Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Tr Co.:

Strike settled, 971 Ft. Wayne & Spnngneld Ry. (See Decatur, lnd.) Fort Worth, Tex.: Northern lexas Tr. Co.:

Experience with cuasting recorders [Berry], 945

Improvised car for use during flood,

*1009

France :

Midi Railway:

F-iectr.c locomotives and power stations, '1040

Franchises:

Jburocns in Oakland, Cal., 664

Franchise provisions, JJes Moines City Rv..

205

Perpetual grant by Cincinnati to West End

Kapid i rans.t Co., 875 Theory of puOhc utility franchises L McLean I,

899

Frankford, Tacony & Holmesburg Ry. (See

lacony, Jra.) Freight and express:

Building up prontable freight traffic at Port-

lanu, Ale., [vvooq], '4So; Comment, 485

Comparison of freight and passenger rece.pts

tor hve years on interurban fine, '34/ Co-operation ot employees to increase freight

tramc, F'etaluma Santa Kosa Ry., *1079 Co-operation or steam and electric roads,

Comment, 1071 Cost of eiectric express building, Bay State

Street Ry., 574 Damage to ireigiit, Method for reducing,

Comment, lsJ Decision in Huntington, N. Y., abandonment

case, 928

Direct routing of farm produce to city mar- kets by mteruroans, Comment, 390

Express service hampered by internal revenue

stamps, 500

— freight handling by electric railways, Diffi- culties of [Oonzenbach], 75; Comment, 67

Freiglit handling to increase interurban rail- way revenue, Loramtnt, 69 Freight operation on Lewiston (Me.), Au- gusta & Waterville Ry. [Wood], c 1190

Freignt stations ot Cumberland County Pr. &

i-t. Co. and Lewiston, Augusta & Water- ville Street Ky. [Wood J, *488

Handling shipments of berries on Louisville

& Interurban Ry., 1159

Increase in freight traffic at Kansas Citv

Kan., 716

Package express service begun, Milwaukee

Eiec. ky. & Lt. Co., 145

Rates and service at York, Pa. [Wayne], 956

— Relative growth in five years on interurban lines, *87

Terminal market at Los Angeles for inter- urban roads, "782 — Traffic stimulation on Scranton & Bingham- ton K. R., 940 Freight rates: — Louisville & Interurban Ry., loint freight rates with motor-bus line, 7~15; Arrange- ments, 754

— Ohio F'uoiic Utilities Commission dismisses Dayton & Troy complaint, 800

— Rate adjustment to increase freignt traffic on eiectric railways, Comment, 153 Fresno, Cal. :

Fresno Interurban Rv.:

Plan to finance new construction, 472

Galesburg, 111.:

Galesburg Ry., Lt. & Pr. Co.:

Banquet to Foster Hannaford, 284 Power plant improvements, Plans for 376

Galveston, Tex.: — Galveston-Houston Elec. Co.: Financial statement, 667

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Gary, Ilobart & Eastern Tr. Co. (See Hobart,

Ind.) Casoline cars:

"Mallet" type for Southern Utah R.R. (Mc-

Keen), *1099 New Zealand Government Railway, 200-hp.

locomotive-coach, 368

Supercede steam trains in Cuba, 968

Gears and pinions:

Split vs. solid gears, Comment, 1027

General Electric Co., Financial statement, 837 Georgia Ry. & Pr. Co. (See Atlanta, Ga.) Germany :

Copper shortage due to war, 38

Electro-magnetic couplers introduced, 742

J 124

Fare increase for electric railways agitated,

Fare increase asked, 840, 881

Increase in tramway accidents since war be- gan, 612

Girard, Pa.:

Cleveland & Erie Ry.:

Light-weight interurban cars [Palmer], *656

Reclaiming GE-57 motors, Method for [Palmer], *132

Semi-ventilation of GE-57 motors in- creases service capacity [Palmer],

•223

Good service, Comment, 196

Government ownership of railroads [Prouty], 38 Government ownership (See also Municipal

ownership) Grand Rapids, Mich.: Commonwealth Pr., Ry. & Lt. Co.:

Annual report, 837

■ Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon

Ry.:

I. C. C. decision in fare case, 582 Grand Rapids Ry. :

Advertisement reviews company's record and needs, 146 Great Britain:

Accident increase due to war, 894

Bradford City Tramways:

Kailless trolley battery vehicle, 1099 Tramway school attended by women, 513

Dublin & Blessington Tramway:

Gas-electric car operated, 280

Keighley Corporation Tramways:

Trackless trolley costs compared with motor bus, 442

Lancashire & Yorkshire Ry.:

Electrification between Manchester and Bury, *435; Comment, 432

London :

Letters from, 52, 282, 467, 662, 919, 1055 London City Council Tramways:

Study of rail corrugation [Sayers],

*786

London Underground Electric Rys. :

Annual report, 1202

Automatically controlled elevators for subway stations, 350 Motor bus operating costs [Goodyer], c

218

Results of pooling transportation lines receipts, 713

London & Northwestern Ry.:

Traffic increase since electrification, 790

London & Southwestern Ry.:

Service improvements from electrifica- tion, 613

London, Brighton & South Coast Ry.:

Electrification proceeding, 608

Newcastle Tramways:

One-motor, coupled cars, 960

New security issues. 876

Northampton Tramways:

War-time precautions shorten working hours. Strike averted, 1041

Great Northern R. R. :

■ Proposed electrification of Minneapolis term- inal, 330

Greencastle & Waynesboro Street Ry. (See

Waynesboro, Pa.) Greenville, Miss.: . Delta Lt. & Tr. Co.:

One-man, double-end, single-truck cars [Claggett], 25; Comment, 9 Greenwood, Ind.:

- Indianapolis, Columbus & Southern Tr. Co.:

Motorman's auxiliary control board

[Buchmann], *701 Steel siding substituted for wood [Buchmann], *569 Groton S: Stonington Street Ry. (See Mystic, Conn.)

Hamilton, Ohio:

Cincinnati, Dayton & Toldeo Tr. Co.:

Bondholders' committee statement, 288 Receiver applied for, 1017, 1061

Hamilton, Ont., Can.:

Dominion Pr. & Transmission Co., Ltd.:

Annual report, 667 Hannibal, Mo.:

Hannibal Ry. & Elec. Co.:

Service case, Decision reached by com- mission, 145 Harrisburg, Pa.: • Harrisburg Rys.:

Wage increase, 874

I lattiesburg, Miss.:

Hattiesburg Traction Co.:

Exciter set used for track welding, 1099 Havana, Cuba:

Havana Elec. Ry., Lt. & Pr. Co.:

Annual report, 1154 Haverhill, Mass.:

Massachusetts Northeastern Street Ry. :

Fare case, 477; Increase suspended, 715 Hazleton, Pa.:

Lehigh Traction Co.:

All-steel, center-entrance, prepayment cars, *178 - — Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Ry. :

All-steel interurban cars, passenger and

baggage, *810 Jigs used in repair shop [Brown], *913 Porcelain insulators for suspending re- sistance grids [Brown], * 1 144 Heating of cars:

Chart showing effect of heaters on energy

consumption [Seely], *689 Heater with porcelain ventilator support

(Consolidated), *180

Heating boilers for electric locomotives, *1080

New heater (Consolidated), *574

New thermostat control (Consolidated), *509

Tests on Schenectady Ry. [Abell], 405;

[McElroy], Discussion, 446 Heavy electric traction:

Discussion by A. I. E. E. on Norfolk &

Western Ry. operation, *311

• — -Electric locomotive drives [Shepard], 1085;

Comment, 1072 Electrification for freight service, Com- ment, 5

Electrification for Montreal docks proposed,

771

Electrification in 1915, Statistics, 32; Com- ment, 2

Electrifying steam roads, Opportunities for

economy in operation [Armstrong], 28; Comment, 5

Energy supply for steam railroad electrifica- tion, Discussed, N. E. L. A. convention, 1001

Growth in electrification since 1895, 225

Inductive interference, Comment, 299

Large vs. small locomotives, Comment, 113

Load factor, Influence on steam and electric

locomotive operation, Comment, 1073

Locomotives (See Locomotives)

New York Central R. R., West-side Improve- ment in New York City, Agreement, 181; Comment, 153; Plans, 747, *815 1 Hearing, 921

Power distribution problems in future elec- trifications [Shepard], 29; Comment, 5

Profitable electrifications, Comment, 343

Purchased power for steam railroad electri- fications, Comment, 1029

Relative advantages of the three systems used

in the United States [Storer], 168

Salvage values from steam locomotives in

electrification. Comment, 390

Saving by electrification of switching service,

Chicago [Gibbs], 604 Some aspects of [McHenry], 26; Comment, 5

Switching service, Economy of electric loco- motives. Comment, 431

LTnevaluated factors in electrification [Her-

shey], 456

High-tension d.c. railways:

Early experiences on Chicago, Milwaukee &

St. Paul, *638

Electrification between Manchester and Bury

(Eng.), 1200 volts, third-rail, *435; Com- ment, 432

— Operating notes, C, M. & St. P. Ry. [Arm- strong], *1130

Regenerative braking tests on the Chicago,

Milwaukee & St. Paul, 84

Standardization at 5000 volts suggested

[Renshaw], 777; Discussion [Potter], [Sprague], [Armstrong], [Davis], 779; Comment, 762

1500-volt passenger and freight line between

Gait and Brantford, Ont., *986

Hill, John A., Death of, *202; Comment, 195

llillsboro, 111.:

Southern Illinois Lt. & Pr. Co.:

Automobile decision, 627 Hobart, Ind. :

Gary. Hobart & Eastern Tr. Co.:

Receiver applied for, 422 Hoboken, N. J.: Public Service Ry.:

Demand for 3-cent fare before State

Commission, 384, 520, 841 Hocking Valley R. R., Twin tickets at lower rate

abandoned, 800

Holland:

— New electric railways proposed, 1149 Holton Interurban Ry. (See Redlands, Cal.) Holyoke, Mass.:

Holyoke Street Ry.:

Municipal ownership bill opposed, 468;

Report, 577 Wage arbitration, 285, 330, 378, 577, 875 Honolulu, Hawaii:

Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co.:

Stock increase, Opposing injunction dis- missed, 473

Hose coupling for repairing failures, *326

Houston, Tex.:

Houston Electric Co.:

Financial statement, 668

President's address at Southwestern Electrical & Gas Association con- vention, 991

Repair shop methods [Bennett], 992

Street railway paving [Archibald], 996 Hudson Valley Ry. (See Glens Falls and Sara

toga)

Huntington, W. Va.:

Ohio Valley Elec. Ry. :

Separate car for women, 520

Illinois :

Commission decision on valuation in Spring- field gas case, 1002

Hearings to standardize baggage charges and

handling methods begun before Public Utilities Commission, 1063

Jitneys must secure certificate of convenience

and necessity, 882

Jurisdiction of Public Utilities Commission

over Chicago railways, Denied by circuit court, 1056; Appeal by commission, 1104

Legislature to investigate public utility regu- lation, 577

News bulletin established by State Public

Utilities Commission, 794

Tentative rules for overhead electrical con- struction issued by Public Utilities Com- mission, 922

Illinois Electric Railway Association:

Annual meeting:

Proceedings and papers, 207

March meeting, *685; Papers [Chappelle] ,

686; [Lanphier], 687; [Thompson], 687; [Johnson], *687; [Seely], *688; [Tin- non], 689; [Layng], *690; [Gillette], 732; Comment, 677

June meeting, Proceedings, 1125; Papers

[Johnson], 1127; [Carhart], 1127; [Hersberger], *1178; [Clough], 1181; [Johnson], 1183

Illinois Traction System (See Peoria, 111.)

Improvements, Method of determining profitable- ness [Burr], c 1047

Indiana :

Zone system authorized for all interurban

lines, 799 Indianapolis, Ind.:

Indianapolis & Cincinnati Tr. Co.:

Needs of electric railways [Henry], 244 Proposed improvements explained [Henry], 746

Indianapolis Tr. & Terminal Co.:

Cataloging equipment facilitates work,

[Clark], *739 Experience ordinance declared unconsti- tutional, 1011

Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Tr. Co.:

Departmental expense statements [Hix-

son], *1176 Sanitary water cooler with isolated ice

chamber [Duncan], *616 Signal maintenance, System for [Schles-

inger], *45 Through service to Zanesville, Ohio, in- augurated, 754 Inspection of cars:

Lamp trolley for car house [Reinke], *867

International Ry. (See Buffalo, N. Y.) Interborough Rapid Transit Co. (See New York

City)

Interstate Commerce Commission:

Accidents on electric railways during 1915,

Report, 210

Changes suggested, Committee of Philadelphia

business men, 816

Decision in Grand Rapids fare case, 582

Uniform system of accounts for electric rail- ways, Questions and answers, 515, 1104

Interurban railways:

Physical limitations impede growth, Com- ment, 69

Spain, Voltages used, 372

Iowa Electric Ry. Association:

Convention proceedings, 895; Papers [Find- ley], 896; [McLean], 899; [Lamb], 900; [Sutherland], 901; Closing session, 950

Iowa Ry. & Lt. Co. (See Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Iowa Street & Interurban Ry. Association (See Iowa Electric Ry. Association)

Iowa:

Financial and operating statistics for inter- urban railways, 232 Iron, Method of producing in pure form, 76 Iron ore, Production in 1915, 1079

Italy:

Electrification projects for state railways, 137

Genoa:

Genoa-Ovada Ry.:

Electrification plans approved, 868

Rome:

Municipal Tramways:

Extensions proposed, 373

(Abbreviations: "Illustrated. c Correspondence.)

January-June, 1916]

INDEX

Jackson, Mich.: Michigan Ry.:

Biographies of new officials, 229

Consolidated lines in Michigan under lease, 57

Freight traffic increasing, 755

New officials appointed, 99

Officers elected, 285

Using 1200 volts instead of 2400, 577 Jackson, Miss.: Jackson Lt. & Tr. Co.:

Safety talks printed in newspapers, 753 Jacksonville, Fla.: Jacksonville Traction Co.:

Coasting recorders, Maintenance cost ot [Vander Veer], c 172 Jacksonville, 111.: Jacksonville Ry. & Lt. Co.:

Valuation brief filed in fare case, 731 Jamestown, N. Y. : Jamestown Street Ry. Co.:

Contact signals installed (Chapman), *741

Employees group insurance plan, 755 Jitney bus: (See also Motor bus; Automobile com- petition)

Artists' idea of competition, *1173

Atlanta, Ga., ordinance sustained, 519

Atlantic City requires regulation, 291

Bakersfield, Cal., ordinance upheld at special

election, 235; Operations suspended, 291 Bonding companies decline jitney business in

the State of Washington, 104 Bonding law upheld in State of Washington,

715

Bristol (Tenn.) line fails, 235

Case against jitney stated by newspapers,

1019

Cause and effect on railways [Cooper], 39

Certificate of convenience and necessity

necessary in Illinois, 882

Commission ruling in Pennsylvania, 928

Common carrier decision in Pennsylvania,

627

District-exclusion ordinance, San Diego,

Cal., 105

Economics of [Nash], 1184

Effect in Wilmington, Del. [Heindle], 905;

Comment, 887

Effect on railroads in Calif or^a, 928, 1206

Enforcing regulations in Philadelphia [Fair- child], 905; Comment, 887

Enjoined in Memphis, Tenn., 583

Fort Smith, Ark., ordinance upheld by su- preme court, 235

Illinois Commission decision on definition of

jitney, 627

Jitney victim fails to recover from Portland

(Ore.) Ry., 841

Kentucky legislation killed, 291

Legal points in operation of jitneys [Davisl,

905; Comment, 887 Licensing bill introduced in Massachusetts,

840; Signed, 1111 Muskogee (Okla.) ordinance in return for

improved service, 1207 Newark, N. J., ordinance vetoed, 105, 583,

1020

New Jersey law, 291, 478, 670

New Orleans, La., ordinance reversed by

Supreme Court, 716; Upheld by Federal

Court, 1110

Oakland, Cal., Expulsion from congested

zone, 235; Attempt to evade ordinance, 384; Ordinance enforced, 424, 672

Operators in Asbury Park, N. J., secure writ

to test legality of ordinance, 1064

Pacific Coast situation, 497

Portland, Ore., ordinance upheld, 147, 335;

Amended, 929

Proscribed zone in Tulsa, Okla., 1159

Railway starts suits against jitney owners in

Bellingham, Wash., 929

Record of operation at Kansas City, Mo.,

1915, *445

Reviving the jitney, Possibilities of, Com- ment, 68

Reading, Pa., jitneys disappearing without

regulation, 1111

Rochester, N. Y., Hearings, 476, 628, 755,

839; Decline in numbers, *380; Appli- cations of operators denied, 957; Com- ment, 983

■ — —San Francisco, Cal., Traffic rules, 671; Grand jury recommends elimination, 977

Scranton, Pa., Ordinance sustained, 188;

Commission statement, 672; Complaints filed by railway, 905; Comment, 887

Springfield, 111., Ordinance restrained by in- junction, 234

Statement by Paul Shoup on Long Beach,

Cal., situation, 715

Tampa, Fla., Ordinance, 1109

Topeka, Kan., Ordinances keep jitneys off

car streets, 1064; Operators' organiza- tion disintegrates, 1207

Youngstown, Ohio, Ordinance upheld, 714

Joliet, 111.:

Chicago & Joliet Elec. Ry.:

Use of ampere-hour meter, Results ob- tained [Tinnon], 689

Kansas City, Kaw Valley & Western Ry. (See

Bonner Springs, Kan.) Kansas City, Kan.: Kansas City-Western Ry. :

Increase in freight traffic, 716 Kansas City, Mo.:

Jitney bus, Record of operation, 1915, *445

Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph Ry.:

New interurban and work cars [Spell- man], *1098 Safety meetings at public schools, 60 Wage increase, 99

Kansas City Ry. & Lt. Co.:

Receivers' sales of railway property of

Kansas City Ry. & Lt. Co., 381 Reorganization plan approved by Mis- souri commission, 101 Sale of property under reorganization plan decreed by court, 143

Kansas City Rys. :

Better-service suggestions asked from

employees, 800 Bridge construction and reconstruction, 1091

Catch basins installed in new and re- constructed track, *967 Changes in officials' titles, 664 Corrugation of rails, Causes discussed

[Harvey], c 319 Experience with bolted flange-bearings

[Harvey], *1050 Factors in utility valuation [Kealy], 269 Fare problems discussed, 801 Franchise approval by Public Service

Commission, Comment, 111 Front end collectors to facilitate load- ing, 800, 976 Increased cost of materials, 516 Near-side stop, Advantages as time saver

analyzed [Harrington], 169 New publication, 519

P. J. Kealy to be elected president, 284 Parking of automobiles, Regulation

sought, 62. 105 "Please report' signs removed from cars,

716

Policy outlined, 418 Publicity department organized, 469 Receiver discharged, 1017 Receivers' sale, 381 Restriction on bundle carrying, 1207 Rock slide delays operation through cut, 161

Traffic increase, 1207 Sale of tickets discontinued, 716 "White-gloved" squad for shopping dis- trict, 105

Kansas City & Tiffany Springs Ry. :

Franchises granted for interurban in Clay and Platte Counties, 183

Kentucky:

Assessments increased, 1104

Jitney bill killed, 291

Legislation affecting railways, 620

Workman's compensation law upheld, 1201

La Fayette, Ind.:

Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Tr. Co.:

Analysis of stop duration [Ewing], *768; Comment, 762

Traffic studies [Ewing], *355 Lancaster, Ohio: Lancaster Tr. & Pr. Co.:

Maintenance of G.E.-800 motors [Smith], *1095 Lancaster, Pa.: Conestoga Traction Co.:

Watch-inspection system effects service improvement, 189 Lancaster Southern Street Ry. (See Millersville,

Pa.) Lebanon, Ind.:

Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Tr. Co.:

Babbitting jig eliminates hot journals

[Flatley], *1006 Home-made armature banding tensioner

[Flatley], *961 Winter and summer motor covers effect

economy [Flatley], *913

Legal :

City of Seattle held to business accountability

in attempt to revoke franchise, Seattle, Renton & Southern Ry., 1102

Electric railway legal decisions, 743, 870

Liability for defective materials, Comment,

589

New procedure advocated in tort cases, 1013

Supreme Court decides against company in

St. Louis mill-tax case, 745

Supreme Court decision relieves United Rys.,

Baltimore, Md., from cost of repaving track allowance, 971

Workmen's compensation law, Third party li- ability, New York, Comment, 888

Legislation :

Brooklyn, 80-cent gas case. Comment, 888

Careless federal legislation, Comment, 1073

"Experience ordinance" in Indianapolis un- constitutional, 1011 Stupidity in, Comment, 635

(Abbreviations; * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Legislation : (Continued)

Utility legislation in Wisconsin [Sanborn],

648

Lehigh Traction Co. (See Hazleton, Pa.) Lehigh Valley R.R., Motor cars suggested for

light train service, Comment, 341 Lehigh Valley Transit Co. (See Allentown, Pa.) Lethbridge, Canada: Lethbridge Municipal Ry.:

One-man cars, Reconstructed from pay- as-you-enter type [Reid], *24; Com- ment, 9 Lexington, Ky. :

— ■ — Kentucky Securities Corp'n:

Annual report, 100 Lewiston, Me.:

Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Ry.:

Building up profitable freight traffic [Wood], *486; Comment, 485 Lighting of cars:

Independent storage-battery system, Lehigh

Valley Transit Co. [Cantlin], c 87

Large lamps, Economy of, Influence on car

wiring; Comment, 389

■ Storage-battery system of car lighting, Ad- vantage of [Gelder], c 41

Lightning protection:

Lightning arrester system, Beaver Valley

Tr. Co. [Coffin], *88 Lima, N. Y. :

Lima & Honeyoe Lt. & R. R. Co.:

Foreclosure sale, 333 Lima, Ohio: Western Ohio Ry.:

Wage increase, 1152 Little Rock, Ark.:

— —Little Rock, Pine Bluff & Eastern Tr. Co.:

Construction plans, 747 Loading limits for cars:

■ Brooklyn car-full order, Modification pro- posed, 670

Car-capacity ordinance passed by Detroit

council, 61

Cleveland, Analvsis of overloading [Doolit-

tle], 362

Limits set in Milwaukee service order, 1158

Rush hour loading as affecting good service

[Beeler], 353 Lockport, N. Y.:

One-man car agreement with International

Ry. disapproved, 330; Disapproval with- drawn, 841

Locomotives :

Chattering wheel slip [Eaton], *3 12

Cost-efficiency of electric, 697

Drives [Shepard], *1085; Comment, 1072

Freight, 600-1200-volt, Iowa Ry. & Lt. Co.,

*48

Fuel oil burner for steam heat on Chicago,

Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry., *829

Heating boilers, Development of, N. Y. Cen- tral R. R., *1080

Lake Erie & Northern Ry., 60-ton, *986

Large vs. small, Comment, 113

Liquid rheostat [Hall], *3 1 3

Load factor, Influence on steam and electric

operation, Comment, 1073

Midi Ry., 1500-hp., single-phase, *1040

Norfolk & Western Ry.:

Motors and phase converters [Dobson], *644; Liquid rheostat [Hall], *313

Operation on B. & O. electrification, *1074;

Comment, 1071

P. R. R. type, Maintenance costs, *1120;

Comment, 1119

Repair cost at Baltimore, Detroit and Port

Huron compared, Comment, 1072

Riding qualities, 442

Switching, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul

electrification, *465

Switching service, Economy of electric, Com- ment, 431

London, Ont., Canada:

London Street Ry. :

Financial statement, 516

Long Island City, N. Y.:

Manhattan & Queens Tr. Corp'n:

Conductor's seat and register-operating mechanism combined [Sherwood], *174

Steel track cleaner [Sherwood], *659 Long Island R. R.:

Commission refuses to order continuance of

unprofitable freight service, 928

Safety campaign resumed, 1064

Los Angeles, Cal.:

California Southern R. R. :

Operating plans, 358 Los Angeles Ry.:

Electrical repairs on controllers and motors [Clark], *278 Pacific Electric Ry. :

Campaign by employees against motor vehicles, 801

Coasting recorders adopted, 326

Direct routing of farm products to city market, Comment, 390

Fare hearing, 1020

Titnev Crisis on Long Beach, Cal., lines, 715

Improvement plans, 376 N«w interurban cars between Los Ange- les and San Bernardino, 105 Rate case, *862

Three wire system, Experience with, *395; Comment, 389 Terminal market for interurban roads, *782

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Louisville, Ky.:

Louisville Ry. :

Annual report, 185

Bulletin of Louisville Board of Trade boosts railway, 476

Car capacity ordinance defeated, 881

Cost comparison, Welded and mechanical joints, 415

Derailment record over temporary cross- over switches, 79

One man cars, Experiences with [Funk], 20; Comment, 19

School of efficiency and economy estab- lished for platform men, *1043

Summer cars converted for winter use, *415

Louisville & Interurban Ry. :

Plans for joint trolley and automobile freight rates, 715; Arrangements, 754

Railway co-operation with newspapers, 106

Plan to maintain commercial standing by

building new interurbans,_ 1199

School janitors named as traffic officers, 928

Louisville & Northern Ry. & Ltg. Co. (See New

Albany, Ind.) Louisville & Southern Indiana Ry. (See New

Albany, Ind.) Lowell & Fitchburg Street Ry. (See Fitchburg,

Mass.)

Low tension d.c. railways:

B. & O. electrification. Details of operation,

*1074

Detroit River Tunnel, Maintenance methods,

*528; Comment, 525 ; Train detention records, *850

Spotting service with electric locomotives,

Niagara Junction Ry. [Culbertson], *462

Lubrication :

Development of modern methods [Green],

*819

Lykens &- Williams Valley Street Ry. (See Potts-

ville, Pa.) Lynchburg, Va. : Lynchburg Tr. & Lt. Co.:

Accident fakir exposed, 477

Mahoning & Shenango Ry. & Lt. Co. (See

Youngstown, Ohio) Mail transportation:

Government report for 1915 on expenditures,

Electric and cable cars, 131

Rate of pay. Proposal that Interstate Com- merce Commission determine, 230

Mailing lists, Inefficient [Smaw], c 460; Com- ment, 483

Maine :

Electric railway earnings, Commission's re- port, 1155

Maintenance records and costs:

B. & O. electrification, * 1 0 7 9 ; Comment,

1072

Detroit tunnel locomotives and third-rail,

*528; Comment, 525 Maintenance costs of coasting recorders, In-

terborough Rapid Transit Co. [Doyle],

c 215

Mileage of cast iron and steel wheels, De- troit United Ry., 1051

Motors, old and new, maintenance costs esti- mated [Clough], 1181

P. R. R. locomotive maintenance costs, * 1 120,

Comment, 1119

Manhattan Elevated Ry. (See New York City.)

Manhattan & Oueens Traction Corp'n (See Long Island" City, N. Y.)

Manhole strainer. Non-clogging, *325

Manufacturers' opportunity in presenting papers at technical associations, Comment, 1166

Maps:

B. & O. R. R. electrification, *1075

Lake Erie & Northern Ry., *987

Michigan Central R. R., Detroit Tunnel, *528

Midi Ry. electrified lines, *1040

Maryland Electric Rys. (See Annapolis, Md.) Massachusetts :

Abolition of Boston Transit Commission

favored, 709

Commission recommends repeal of excise

tax, 577

Fare increase suspended, 841

Financial and operating statistics of electric

railways, 141

Hearing on one-man cars, 335

Jitney bill, 840, 1064; Signed, 1111

Power costs of electric railways, 201

Public Service Commission:

Hearing on car design, 818

Reduction in membership recommended, 749; Opposed, 832, 872

Report, 139

Traffic problem report, 290 Utility bonds listed as legal bank invest- ments, 57

Rate of return, Report by Boston Chamber

of Commerce, 494

Regulation discussed [McLeod], 651

Return on railway investments [McGrath],

*256; Comment, 243

State ownership rejected, 709

Trackless trolley bill passed, 1057

Massachusetts Northeastern Street Ry. Co. (See

Haverhill, Mass.)

Master Car Builders Association: — Annual convention, Reports and exhibits, 1139

Master Mechanics' Association:

Train delay records, standard proposed,

1173; Comment, 1165 McAlester, Okla. : Choctaw Ry. & Ltg. Co. :

Sale, 752 Meadville, Pa.:

Northwestern Pennsylvania Ry.:

Change in ownership, 581

Memphis, Tenn. :

Jitneys enjoined, 583

Memphis Street Ry.:

Emphasizes crossing rules, 1062 Shop repairs for automobiles damaged by cars, *414

Meters:

Flow-meter, New form (Bailey Meter Co.),

*660

■ Graphic meter for heavy service (Esterline

Co.), *50

New watt-meter for use on cars (Sangamo),

*704

Power mileage meter (Elec. Ry. Improve- ment Co.), *509

Metropolitan Street Ry. (See Kansas City Rys.)

Mexico City:

Mexico Tramways:

Bondholders' protective committee plans, 625

Deposit of bonds asked for, 926 Strike averted, 665 Michigan Central R. R. :

Maintenance on Detroit Tunnel electric

zone, *528; Comment, 525 Operating record of Detroit River Tunnel,

*850

Michigan City, Ind.:

Chicago, Lake Shore & So. Bend Ry. :

Results secured from use of automatic damper regulator, *869 Michigan Ry. Co. (See Jackson, Mich.) Millbury, Mass.:

Worcester Consolidated Street Ry.:

Portable engine for light service, *1010 Millersville, Pa.:

Lancaster X: Southern Street Ry.:

Receiver applied for, 422 Milwaukee, Wis.:

Milwaukee Elec. Ry. & Lt. Co.

Booklet distributed in cars, 291 New service order restricting loads, 1158 Package express service begun, 145 Service suit compromised, 476

Minneapolis, Minn. :

Twin City Rapid Transit Co.:

Editorial tribute to Mr. Goodrich, 97 Financial statement, 624 Near side stop adopted, 520 Overhead contact system, Construction

details [Vincent], *222 Publicity policy, 1021

Missouri:

Commission report discusses public relations,

969; Comment, 983 Missouri Association of Public Utilities: Meeting, 947

Monmouth County Electric Co. (See Red Bank,

N. J.) Monorail, Suspended:

Clear Lake Co., Proposed, 833; Security is- suance denied. 1200

Pasadena, Proposed, 98

Montana:

Return on street railway investment, 713

Montreal, Can.:

Electrification for dock service proposed by

Harbor Commissioners, 771 Montreal Tramways:

Recruiting car, *594 Morristown, N. J.: Morris County Tr. Co. :

Mutual benefit association formed, 502 Motor bus:

Bus rights granted in Watertown, N. Y., 841

Commission in New York permits compe- tition on through routes in Corning, N. Y., 334

Equipment for Washington Auto Bus Co.,

Seattle, Wash., *164 _

Illinois Commission decision on definition of

jitnev, 627

Joint freight rates with Louisville & Inter- urban Ry., 715; Arrangements, 754

Maryland Motor Transportation Co. requests

permission to abandon franchise, 672

Meeting competition [Gonzenbach], 75;

Comment, 67

Motor bus line authorized, Albany, N. Y.,

753

New Rochelle, N. Y., Service commenced,

418; Petition for two routes denied,

476; Discontinued, 754 Operating costs of motor buses in London

[Goodyer], c218 Snow removal with trailer plows in New

York City, *308 Southwest Missouri R. R. subsidiary bus

line unprofitable, 1207 Trackless trollev. Operating costs compared,

England, 442 . (See also Automobile competition, Jitney

bus)

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Motors:

Brushes for air compressors sawed from

scrap, Louisville & Northern Ry. & Ltg. Co., 415

Capacity of GE-57 increased by semi- ventilation, [Palmer], *223

Economy, Comparative, of old and new,

[Clough], 1181

Field control, Tests of [Johnson], 1183

Flashovers on cars descending grades at

high speeds [Wynne], c654; Comment, 677

Induction, Design and structural details,

Norfolk & Western Ry. [Dobson], *644; Operation [Hershey], 453

Maintenance of GE — 800 motors at Lan- caster, Ohio [Smith], * 1095

Maintenance of motor leads [ Ransom], *1 194

Mechanics of railway motors [Hellmund],

860

Reclaiming GE-57 motors [Palmer], * 1 32

Repairs in Los Angeles [Clark], *278

Results with field control discussed, Illinois

Association, 1126 Starting currents for interurban cars

[Ewing], 90 Winter and summer covers effect economy

at Lebanon, Ind. [Flatley], *913 Mount Holly, N. J.: Burlington County Transit Co.:

Hearing on fare increase, 477 Multiple-unit trains:

Removable steel pilot to permit coupling

cars, Louisville & Southern Indiana Tr. Co. [Buchmann], *506

Two-car trains war-time measure in New- castle, England, 960

Municipal ownership:

Government ownership of public utilities,

Investigation proposed by U. S. Senate,

377

Holyoke (Mass.) bill opposed by railway,

468

Hydro-radial construction approved by

eighteen municipalities in Canada, 138 Operating cost of Calgary municipal street

railway, Analysis of, 139 ■ Private operation of Lake Burien line,

Seattle, Wash., advocated by residents,

971

Public ownership and organized labor dis- cussed by Samuel Gompers, 469

Seattle Municipal Rv., Financial condition,

1185; Comment, 1166

Muscatine & Iowa City Ry. :

Operation begun, 577

Muscatine North & South Railway:

Electrification contemplated, 794, Proposed,

833

Muskogee, Okla. :

Muskoge Elec. Tr. Co. :

Jitney ordinance in return for improved service, 1207 Mystic, Conn.:

Groton & Stonington Street Ry. :

Copper zone system, Hearing, 582; Sustained, 1062, 1089

National Bureau of Standards:

Electrolysis mitigation, Pamphlets on, 168

National Civic Federation: -Annual meeting, 227

Compulsory health insurance, Report, 603

Minimum wage report presented, 419

National Electric Light Association:

■ Convention proceedings, 998

Power distribution discussed at convention,

1032

National Safety Code:

Endorsement refused by electric light and

power interests, 1048 New Albany, Ind.:

Louisville & Northern Ry. & Ltg. Co.:

Brushes for air compressors sawed from scrap, 415

Publicity campaign, 335 Louisville & Southern Indiana Tr. Co.:

Pilot, Removable, [Buchmann], *506

Publicity campaign, 335

Shop motor inclosed in glass for fire protection, 374 Newark, N. J. :

Jitney ordinance vetoed, 105, 583; Operators

to appeal, 1020 Public Service Corp'n:

Annual report, 711 Public Service Ry. :

Accident faker convicted, 105

Annual report, 751

Carhouse design and construction. Con- siderations affecting [Bedwell], 209

Characteristics of various classes of shops [Harrison], 272

Near-side stop success in storm, 62

New car [Benedict], *114

New terminal:

Description, *817; Comment, 807, 935

Opening, 874

Signal system [Brownl, *891 Passenger handling record for 1915, 235 Railway history illustrated in Newark

celebration, *108<l

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Newark, N. J.:

Public Service Ry. : (Continued)

Skip-stop hearing, 477; Trial, 628, 715

Strike, 663

Wage increase, 971

New Bedford, Mass.:

Union Street Ry. :

Group insurance for employees, 104

New Brighton, Pa.:

Beaver Valley Tr. Co.:

Lighting arrester system in severe storm center [Coffin], *88

New England Street Railway Club:

February meeting, 459

"Manufacturers' Night" meeting, 202

March meeting, 608

May meeting, 1035

New Haven, Conn.:

Connecticut Co. :

Accounting practice [Balfour), 770 Bridge records [Dunham], *412 New form of voucher check, *397 New 100,000-kw. station, 1013 Overhead construction. Tools, specifica- tions and costs [Harte], *534 Rail corrugation, Causes of [Dunham],

c216; Comment, 196 Safety contest prizes awarded to school

children, 234 Semi-convertible cars for city service, ♦856

Snow removal and disposal, Methods

for [Bates], 162; Discussion, 655 Track grinding practice, *5 72 Wage increase, 1014 New Jersey:

Franchise assessments, 1915, 287, 473

litnev bill tabled, 291; Amended, 478;

Signed, 670; Effect, 1207

Public service commission's report, 138, 142

Street repairs decision by public utility com- missioners, 139 New Orleans, La.:

■ Jitney ordinance reversed by State Court,

716; Upheld by Federal Court, 1110

New Orleans & Carrollton R. R., Lt. & Pr.

Co.:

First company publication [Davis], c567

New Orleans Ry. & Lt. Co. :

Company publication started, 1063 Consolidation with subsidiaries proposed, 925

Financial statement, 1059

Injunction secured preventing consoli- dation of subsidiaries, 1061 Orleans-Kenner Elec. Ry. :

Receiver applied for, 713 Newport, R. I. :

Newport & Providence Ry. :

Ordinance against one man cars upheld, 424

New Rochelle, N. Y. :

Bus petition for two routes denied by Pub- lic Service Commission, 476; Motor-bus operation begun, 418; Discontinued, 754

News-stands, Steel, For New York subways, *789

New York Central R. R. :

Agreement with New York City on West- Side electrification, 181; Comment, 153; Plans filed, 747; Details, *815; Hearing, 921

Development of heating boilers for electric

locomotives, *1080 New York City:

Annual report for public service commis- sion to Legislature, 184 Bridge traffic, 785

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. (See Brooklyn,

. . N- Y->:

Cities Service Co. :

Employees stock-purchase plan, 1058 Proposed increase in capitalization, 1016

Engineer apoointed public service commis- sioner, Comment, 67

Federal Lt. & Tr. Co.:

Financial statement, 877

Fifth Avenue Coach Co.:

Motor-bus franchises, Board of Estimate

report on amended petition, 183 Snow removal with trailer plows, *308

Franchise valuation increase, Report of

State Tax Commission, 184

Hearing on bus line extensions, 875

Hearing on proposed rapid transit legisla- tion, 748

Hudson & Manhattan R. R. :

Annual report, 1015

Awarded Travelers' Insurance Co. medal, 575

Repair shop methods [See], 405; Discus- sion, 446

Interborough Consolidated Corp'n. :

Annual report, 379

Interborough Rapid Transit Co.:

Accident on elevated, Investigation, 1206 All wooden cars withdrawn from sub- way, 710

Automobile inspection trip in new sub- way, 988, 1001 Coasting recorder maintenance cost

[Doyle], c215 Collision on elevated railway, 1158 Extension of time for signal order on

elevated lines, 514 Financing of bond issue, Comment, 342 Heaters with porcelain ventilator sup- port (Consolidated), * 180

New York City:

Interborough Rapid Transit Co.: (Continued)

Insulated return-feeder system. Results

with [Gross], *160 Maximum day's traffic, 104 Pension system plans, 620 Power generation for electric railways

discussed [Stott], * 1 1 70 Steel newsstands for subway, *789 Third track for elevated lines, * 128 Traffic, Maximum day, 671 Turbo-generator, 30,000-kw, 318; Effi- ciency tests [Stott, Finlay], "903 Wage increase, 53

Investigation by legislative commission di- rected at companies, 181

Legislative investigation of rapid transit

situation, 227, 283; 327, 375, 416, 468, 510, 575, 622, 663, 708, 748, 792, 832, 875, 923, 1056, 1151, Comment, 195, 342, 637

Manhattan Bridge Three-cent Fare Line:

Competition, Order by Commission, 1201

Manhattan Elevated Ry. :

Third-tracking for express service com- pleted, *128

New subway system:

Subway contract awards to be completed

during the year, 99 Use of Long Island R. R. tracks, Plans, 285; Zone fares proposed, 478

Ventilation report for subway, 727; De- cision, 1084 . (See also New York Municipal Ry.)

New York Motor Bus Co.:

Franchise application renewed, 793

New York Municipal Ry. :

Order for 200 all-steel, side-door cars, 139

Plans for Coney Island terminal, 514 Third-tracking contract authorized, 140 Variable-load brake, 737

New York & Queens County Ry.:

Service order, Exception taken by com- pany, 1152

New York Rys. :

Safe test lead contact handle [Doyle], *657

Storage battery cars ordered to replace

horse cars, 972; Comment, 937 Wage increase, 53

■ North American Co. :

Financial statement, 924

Public Service Commission:

Legal steps taken to enforce track re- pair order, 922 Report, 142

Resignation of commissioners, 53, 97 Savings and loan fund for employees,

742

Smoking rule to stand, 1021

Third Avenue Ry. :

Manhattan Bridge fare case, 1201 Rail corrugation, Causes of [Mc- Whirter], c87, [Mullaney], c216; Comment, 196 Wage increase, 53

Transfer exchange ordered between several

railways, 882

West Side Improvements. (See New York

Central R. R.) New York Connecting Ry. :

Single-phase system to be used, 513

New York Electric Railway Association:

February meeting; Proceedings, 404;

Papers [Lee], 405; [Abell], 405; [McElroy], 446; [Baldwin], 448; [Mc- Manus], 448; [Harvie], 449; Discus- sions, 446

New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.:

Conspiracy case verdict, 140

Scrap sold in 1915, 829

New York Railroad Club:

March meeting, Electrical night, Chicago

electrification report discussed, 604 New York State:

-Analysis of electric railway bond issues, 407

-"Dead-man's button," Decision of Public

Service Commission on arrangement of

parts, 1149

Decision, Ulster & Delaware rate case,

Comment, 935

Earnings of electric railways, 309

Public Service Commission:

Accounting practice, Feature of, 331

Reorganization completed, 623

Report, 138

Public Service Commission denies West

Albany bus line petition, 1157 Railway legislation, 831

Safety at grade crossings, Meeting of ex- ecutive committee for safety conference, 188

Self-propelled cars proposed by Public Serv- ice Commission for railroads, 328; Comment, 341

New York State Railways. (See Rochester, N. Y.; Syracuse, N. Y.; Utica, N. Y.)

New York, Westchester & Boston Ry. :

Method of removing and applying steel

tires [Potter], *1006

New Zealand:

■ Christ Church Tramway:

Financial statement, 286 Reclaiming worn hutton-end axles 1 Thompson], *788

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

New Zealand: (Continued)

Government Ry. :

Gasoline locomotive-coach, 368 Niagara Falls, Ont. :

-War-time precautions taken by Canadian

officials, 1012 Niagara Junction Ry. :

Spotting service with electric locomotives

[Culbertson], *462 Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Ry. (See

St. Catharines, Out.) Norfolk, Va.:

Virginia Ry. & Pr. Co.:

First company publication [Hathaway],

407 '

Franchise report before council, 883, 922; Findings, 792 Norfolk & Western Ry. :

Discussion of operating features, A. I. E. E.,

*311

Electric extension approved, 419

Induction motors and phase converters, De- sign and structural details [Dobson], *644

Induction motors, Experience with

[Hershey], 453

Record of operation, last half of 1915, 332

North American Co. (See New York, N. Y.) North Coast Power Co. (See Vancouver,

Wash.)

Northern Ohio Tr. & Lt. Co. (See Akron, Ohio) Northern Texas Tr. Co. (See Fort Worth, Tex.) Northwestern Pennsylvania Ry. (See Mead-

ville, Pa.) North Yakima, Wash. : Yakima Valley Transportation Co.:

Plans for one-man cars, 520

Norway :

Christiana-Drammen Ry. :

Electrification plans, 598 Norwich, Conn.:

Shore Line Elec. Ry. :

Copper zone fare system, Plans for ex- tension, 424; [Perkins], *c567; [Perkins], 1039 Strike settled, 1101

Oakland, Cal.:

Attempt to evade jitney ordinance by forma- tion of club, 384

Jitney operation in congested district for- bidden by ordinance, 235; Ordinance en- forced, 424, 672

Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Ry. :

Bond issue approved, 421

Earnings for five months, Improvement

in, 186 Financial statement, 1154

San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Rys.:

Annual report, 56

Concrete and asphalt mixing plant [Binkley], *728

Extensions not desired by company, 664

Losses due to jitney, 347

Plans for better service, 1056

Reorganization plans, 1060

Service inaugurated over new pier, 1011 Oakwood Street Ry. (See Dayton, Ohio) Ogden, Logan & Idaho Ry.:

Proposed consolidation with other Utah

lines, 1016

Ohio:

■ Fatalities on interurban roads, 1914-1915, 500

Public Utilities Commission report, 420

Ohio Electric Ry. (See Springfield, Ohio)

Ohio Vallev Elec. Ry. (See Huntington, W Va.)

Oil City, Pa.:

Citizens Traction Co.:

Wage increase, 874 Oklahoma City, Okla. : Oklahoma Ry.:

One-man car service [Knox], 24; Com- ment, 9

Safety first textbook recommended [Knox], 628 Oklahoma Interstate Ry. :

Inexpensive steel pole line [Palmer], *702

Omaha, Neb.:

Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Ry.:

Air clamp for drilling, * 1 1 95 Annual report, 1202 Pensions for employees, 106 Rail joints. Experience with [Findley], 896

Wage increase, 1058 One-man cars:

Authorized in Corpus Christ!, Tex., 424

Authorized in Seattle, 1110

Birney type, Construction details, *556

Construction and equipment details. Federal

Lt. & Tr. Co. type [Haller], *21; Com- ment, 9

Double-end, single-truck cars. Delta Lt. &

Tr. Co. [Claggett], 25; Comment, 9

Experience at Winona, Minn. [Howard], 601

Experience in large cities, 457; Comment, 432

Hearing by Washington (State) Commis- sion, 1205

Hearing in Massachusetts, 335

Hearing on complaint against, Spokane,

Wash., 520

Lockport, N. Y., restricting ordinance to be

reconsidered, 384; One-man cars author- ized, 841

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One-man cars: (Continued)

Low accident record during one-man oper- ation, Louisville Ry. [Funk], 20; Com- ment, 9

One-man, light-weight cars [Moore], 953

Operating economy over two-man cars, Inter- national Ry. [Dickson], 25; Comment, 9

Operating experiences in Corpus Christi,

Tex. [Locher], 946

Operating experiences [Funk], 20; [Tinsley],

20; [Haller], *21; [Fowles], 24; [Knox], 24; [Reid], *24; [Dickson], 25; [Wag- goner J, 25; [Claggett], 25; [Stichter[, 25; Comment, 9

Operation begun, Pine Bluff Co. [Fowles],

24; Comment, 9

Opposed in Waterloo, Iowa, 424

Ordinance against, Dubuque, Iowa, 755

Ordinance against, Upheld by Public Utilities

Commission of Rhode Island, 424 Pay-as-you-enter cars reconstructed for one- man operation, Lethbridge, (Can.) Mu- nicipal Ry. [Reid], *24; Comment, 9

Partial one-man car service, Oklahoma Ry.

[Knox], 24; Comment, 9

Practices in one-man operation, Southern

Traction Co. [Stichter], 25; Comment, 9 — : — Proposed by Puget Sound Tr., Lt. & Pr.

Co., Seattle, Wash., 335; Protest by property owners, 1064; Experimental operation authorized, 1159

Proposed for North Yakima, Wash., 520

Proposed in Vancouver, Wash., 1063

Rutland (Vt.) Ry. remodels single-truck car,

477

■ Service of Cape Girardeau-Jackson Int. Ry.

[Tinsley], 20; Comment, 9

Service satisfactory to patrons, Atchison Ry.,

Lt. & Pr. Co. [Waggoner], 25; Com- ment, 9

Single-truck cars remodeled for one-man

operation in Dubuque, Iowa, 61 Study of one-man car situation to be made

by joint committee, 699 Successtul operation in Ballarat, Australia,

Electric Supply Co. of Victoria, Ltd.

[Pringle], c 172 Ontario, Can.:

Hydro-electric Power Commission :

Plans ubmitted for seven radial lines,

576

Popular action on radial railway by- laws, 378 Operating records and costs:

B. & O. electrification, "T077; Comment, 1072

Cleveland Ry., Under Tayler ordinance

[Doolittle], 359

Costs of motor-bus operation in London

[Goodyer], c 218

Cost of service in rush-hour, "495, 848, 889

Cost of stopping a car, Comment, 591

Diesel engines in Texas, 619

Energy consumption and brake-shoe wear at

Davenport, Iowa, *813

Maintenance costs of automobiles and serv- ice vehicles, Brooklyn, N. Y., 947

Motors, old and new, Operating costs esti- mated [Clough], 1181

Operating cost for one-man and two-man cars

[Haller], *23; Comment, 9

P. R. R. locomotive delay records, 1911-1915,

*1124

Power costs for Massachusetts electric rail- ways, 201

Power costs from various sources estimated

[Stott], *1170 Rush-hour costs, Bay State St. Ry. [Richey],

*495

Saving by electrification of switching service

at Chicago [Gibbs], 604

Skip stop, Effect on operating cost [Wood],

13; Comment, 8

Standard form for detention records, Com- ment, 1165

Storage battery car, Cambria & Indiana

R. R., 466

Test of Rochester low-level, light-weight car,

*767

Trackless trolley and motor bus compared,

England, 442 Train detention record, Detroit River Tunnel,

850

Oregon :

Connection of Southern Pacific Co. and Ore- gon Electric Ry. tracks ordered by Com- mision, 189

Public Service Commission report on operat- ing revenues of electric railways, 1059

Oregon Electric Ry. (See Portland, Ore.)

Orleans-Kenner Elec. Ry. (See New Orleans, La.)

Ottawa, 111.:

Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Ry. :

Damage by ice gorge, *400

Employees to have free use of cottages

for summer vacation, 957 Sanitary seat back covers, *322 Snowplows with nose-type shares mounted on independent trucks, *94 Overhead contact system:

Construction — Tools, specifications and test3

[Hart], *534 Cost of adding auxiliary contact wire, Erie

R. R., 466

Crossovers, Location and wiring [McKelway],

324

Overhead contact system: (Continued)

Difficulties experienced during early oper- ation, Philadelpina-Paoli electrification [Grimshaw], *682; Comment, 677, 679

Frog with renewable switch pan (Elwell Trol- ley Frog Co.), *374

Philadelphia-Paoli electrification. Construc- tion details and methods [Gibbs], 203

Span wire supports on buildings proposed

in Philadelphia, 465

Third-rail substituted, B. & O. electrification,

*1074; Comment, 1071

Trolley-wire reel holder in San Francisco

[Foster], *220

Trolley wire wear, Causes of [Foster], 569,

c 613, c 909; [Earll], *734

Twin City Rapid Transit Co. construction de- tails [Vincent], *222

Wood strain insulators replace globe-strain,

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., *224

Pacific Claim Agents' Association:

-Index bureau elects officers, 420

Pacific Coast Railway (See San Luis Obispo, Cal.)

Pacific Electric Ry. (See Los Angeles, Cal.) Paints and painting:

Hot floor oil, Substitute for paint, Evanston

Ry., 411

Paints and varnishes, Need for care in se- lecting [Woods], 91

Pan-American scientific congress ends, 98

Paris, Tex. :

Paris Transit Co.:

Fire, *861

Pasadena, Cal. :

Mono-rail line, Plans for, 98

Passenger handling records:

Front end collectors used in Kansas City,

Mo., for crowds at revival, 976

Tickets produce no saving in loading time,

Comment, 589

Pavement:

Asphaltic concrete pavements (Barber),

[Pierce], 1051 Cost affects service standards, Comment,

1028

Cost data in Brooklyn [Cram], 445

Effects of low temperature on paving, *9 16

Experience in 1915, Comment, 2

Experience in Peoria, [PalmbladeJ, 304

Granite blocks reeut and relaid cheaply in

Chattanooga [Dike], 1192 Measuring yardage ot granite blocks by

weight instead of count, Cleveland

[Clark], 963

Paving track allowances [Cram], c 1190

Street railway paving, [Archibald], 996

United Rys., Baltimore, Md., declared not

responsible for cost of repaving track

allowance, 971 Wood-block paving, Selection and treatment

of timber, Report, 166 Wood-block treatment discussed by Wood

Preservers' Association, 208 Pennsylvania :

Commission ruling on jitneys, 928

Jitney buses declared common carrier, 627

Statement by Commission on Scranton jit- ney case, 672 Pennsylvania R. R.:

Construction and operating details, Phila- delphia electrification [Gibbs], 203 Locomotive maintenance costs, * 1 120 ; Com- ment, 1119

■ Locomotive resistance grids of welded cast

iron [Ray], *322, c407 Philadelphia-Paoli electrification, Early

operating experience [Grimshaw], *681;

Comment, 677, 679 Publicity campaign results in constructive

criticism, 975

Relations with public [Wright], 475

Securing patrons' co-operation by posters,

*214

Pennsylvania Street Railway Association:

Spring meeting:

Proceedings, 904; [Henry], 904; [Wright], 906; Papers, [Davis], 905; [Patterson], 908; [Phillips], 907; [Reilly], 952; [Moore], 953; [Hemdle], 954; [Anderson], 955; [Wayne], 956

People's Street Ry. (See Wanamie, Pa.)

Peoria, 111.:

Illinois Traction System:

Converter trouble cured by brush treat- ment, *135

Fare increase asked, 840, 881, 1207

Financial statement, 877

Head rests for interurban cars, 671

Snowplows with nose-type shares mounted on independent trucks, *94

10-cent fare over McKinley Bridge •suspended, 47.5

Peoria Ry.:

Paving experiences [Palmblade], 304

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Petaluma, Cal. :

Petaluma & Santa Rosa Ry. :

Co-operation of employees to increase freight traffic, *1079 Peterboro, Ont., Can.: Peterboro Radial Ry. :

Purchased by Government, 581 Petersburg, Va. :

Petersburg & Appomattox Ry. :

Operation begun, 330 Phase converters:

Norfolk & Western Ry., *644

Philadelphia, Pa. : American Rys.:

Handling accident reserves [Anderson],

955

Loan for rapid transit construction, New

bill to be submitted to Council, 99; Ap- proved, 748 Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.:

Enforcing jitney regulations [Fairchild], 905, Comment 887

Flexible conduit in car wiring, *791

Wages increased, 832

Revised rapid transit plans, 512, 621, 875

Span wire supports on buildings proposed,

465

Subway work suspended temporarily, 470

Transit loan passed by voters, 972; Com- ment, 985

Pilot, Removable, on Louisville & So. Ind. Tr.

Co., [Buchmann], *506 Pine Bluff, Ark.:

The Pine Bluff Co.:

One-man car operation begun [Fowles], 24; Comment, 9 Pittsburgh, Pa.:

Pittsburgh Rys.:

Agreement on terms of service, 921 Application filed for receiver to inves- tigate stock transactions of United Traction Co., 798 Efficiency work by associated bureaus, 189

Engineering Manual discussed [Phillips],

907

General features of substation [Hecker],

*1093

Hearings on proposed ordinances in council, 229

New franchises sought to increase tran- sit facilities, 96

Strike settled, 872

Substation switchboard design [Heckel], *1146

Wage demands rejected, 734

-Pittsburgh Subway Co.:

Franchise introduced, 283; Hearing, 622

Subway plans, 513, Discussed, 1102

Transportation ordinances, Report by Cham- ber of Commerce committee, 182

Plattsburg, N. Y.:

Plattsburgh Traction Co.:

Service order, 801

Poles:

Butt treatment for wood poles, 167

Dolly for transporting [Nees], *463

Expanded metal trolley pole tested to failure

(Bates), *967 Expanded steel, Cast iron ground sleeve for

(Bates), *466

Gig for distributing [Foster], *411

Inexpensive steel construction [Palmer],

*702

Jack for plumbing [Foster], *276

Light-weight, one-piece, steel-truss pole

(Bates), 207

One-man hoisting machine at Selma, Ala.

[Nees], *614 Pole top gin (Ry. & Ind. Engrg. Co.), •

*1100

Setting, Practice of Connecticut Co.

[Harte], *536 Twin jacks for removing wood poles

[foster], *369 Port Arthur, Ont.: Port Athur Civic Ry. :

Combined work-car, snowplow and sweeper, *465 Portland, Me.:

Cumberland County Pr. & Lt. Co. :

Building profitable freight traffic

[Wood], *486; Comment, 485 Wage increase, 1057

Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Ry. :

Freight operation discussed [Wood], c 1190 Portland, Ore.:

Jitney regulatory ordinance upheld by su- preme court, 147; Enforceable, 335; Amended, 929

Oregon Electric Ry. :

Annual report, 472

Flange oiler for reducing curve friction, *700

January-June, 1916]

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Portland, Ore.: (Continued)

Portland Ry., Lt. & Pr. Co.:

Avoids fatalities to passengers, 62 Jitney victim fails to recover from rail- way, 841

Newspaper comment on snow fighting,

285

New track over Columbia River Inter- state Bridge discussed, 747

Perjury confessions in accident cases, 1128

Planning and efficiency system in shops [Maize], *539; Comment, 527 Valuation case decision, 1151, 1198 Weed burner built on flat car [Maize], 47

Women as platform employees discussed in company publication, 670 Pottsville, Pa. :

Lykens & Williams Valley St. Ry. :

Reorganized under name of Lykens Valley Ry., 474 Power distribution:

Discussion at N. E. L. A. convention, 1032

Insulator for use on curves (Anderson Mfg.

Co.), *281

Load-dispatching system to insure contin- uous and economic service, East St. Louis & Suburban Ry. [Clapp], * 1 56

■ -Power distribution problems in heavy electric

traction [Shepard], 29; Comment, 5

Progress in 1915; Comment, 6

Return-feeder system, Results with, Inter- borough Rapid Transit Co. [Gross], *160

Storage battery booster system, Lancashire

& Yorkshire Ry., *438; Comment, 432

Three-wire system in Los Angeles, Cal.,

*395; Comment, 389

Power generation:

Firing with gas at Elyria power station

[Lewis], *1095 Producing electric power by steam, Effect

on water power values [Stillwell], 822 Power stations and equipment: Purchased versus generated power [Stott],

*1170

-Additions to Rhode Island plant, *300

Chimneys, Cost of, 397

Extension at Lowellville, Ohio, 918

High-pressure steam station. Details of

equipment. Public Service Company, 206; Comment, 196

Inventory practice [Henriques], *616

Lancashire & Yorkshire electrification, Man- chester, *436; Comment, 432

New steam and hydroelectric plants, Ohio

State Power Co., *325

Power plant development in 1915, Comment,

Transformer house, New, Cleveland, South- western & Columbus Rv., Elyria, Ohio [Lewis], * 1 193

Victorian Ry.'s new power house in New- port, Australia, 19

Preparedness :

Assistance renuired of railway officials, 348

Discussed at New England St. Ry. Club, 608

Engineers and preparedness, Comment, 936

Industrial mobilization [Drew], c782;

i Comment, 761

Military transportation [Harries], c41

Situation at end of war, Comment, 1166

State directors named to mobilize war re- sources, 832 Providence, R. I.:

Rhode Island Co.:

Additions to power plant, *300 Appeal to City Council from tax bur- den, 1150 Packing ring practice, 225 Storage of graphic instrument records, *1010,

Wage increase granted bv arbitration board, 30; Comment, 68

Publicity:

Advertising campaign, Chicago, Milwaukee

& St. Paul Rv., 665; Comment. 636

Advertising campaign in Buffalo, *275

Electric railway publicity policy needed,

Comment, 808

Explaining service changes, Comment, 937

Folders and time-tables for stimulating elec- tric railway traffic [Greene], *351

Follow-up svstem for daily newspapers, Com- ment, 636, 678

Maintenance methods Chicago Elevated Rys.

described to Sunday school class [John- son], 1041

Newspaper advertisement, Chicago Surface

I ines points nut increased length of

ride, *736

Opportune time for. Comment, 848

Outdoor advertising by electric railways in

Chicago, 1129 — ■ — Parlor car service, Empire United Rys.,

*394

Pennsylvania R. R. publicity campaign re- sults in constructive criticism, 975

Stimulating traffic, 783

Public, Relations with:

Complaints, Liberality in handling, Com- ment, 154

Demeanor of officials, Comment, 847,1071

Good service, Requirements for [Beeler],

353

Improving public relations, Importance of,

Comment, 9

Public, Relations with: (Continued)

Securing patrons' co-operation by posters,

Pennsylvania R. R., *214

Public service and regulative commissions:

Comments on [Insull], 950

Commission manager government, Relation

to utilities [Waite], 452

• Control of interstate utility capitalization

[Heilman], 1042

Dangers of utility regulation [Vail], 646

Electric railways petition California Commis- sion for relief from excessive burdens, 511; Comment, 485

Government regulation of railroads [Under- wood], 247; Comment, 242

■ Impartial attitude important, in regulation,

Comment, 391

Jurisdiction decision in Ulster & Delaware

rate case, N. Y. State, Comment, 935

Jurisdiction of Illinois Public Utilities Com- mission over Chicago railways denied by Circuit Court, 1056; Appeal by Commis- sion, 1104; Decision, 1117

Massachusetts regulation discussed [Mc-

Leod], 651

■ Needed reforms in regulation [Humphreys],

858

New Jersey Public Utility Board's ruling

on Trenton fare case upheld in U. S. Appellate Court, 335

Regulation versus management, Comment,

761

Report on "Public Utilities Annotated," 793

Reports of Public Service Commission de- cisions (Law Publishing Co.), 802

Responsibilities of New York Commission,

714

Ten difficulties of regulation, 400

Valuation, Views on, 273

Wage increases and rates, Comment, 723

Public service corporations:

Commission-manager government, Relation

to utilities [Waite], 452

Control of interstate utility capitalization by

commissions [Heilman], 1042

Government ownership, Investigation pro- posed by LT. S. Senate, 377

Human side of, Comment, 341, 1071

Uncertainty in the transportation field,

Comment, 114

Public Service Railway. (See Hoboken and Newark, N. J.)

Public Utilities Co. (See Evansville, Ind.)

Puget Sound Elec. Ry. (See Tacoma. Wash.)

Puget Sound Tr., Lt. & Pr. Co. (See Seattle, Wash.)

Purchased power:

B. & O. electrification, * 1074 ; Comment,

1071

Comparison with generated power [Stott],

♦1170

Energy supply for steam railroad electrifica- tion discussed, N. E. L. A. convention, 1001

— ■ — Power costs for Massachusetts electric rail- ways, 201 .

Rates for electric railways and for lighting,

Comment, 1117

Situation in Chicago, 1034; Comment, 1029

Purchasing agents organize at Columbus, Ohio, 594

Purchasing department losses, Causes of [Twy- ford], *1091

Rail joints and bonds:

Bonds and bonding practice [Eveland], 966

Construction and maintenance [Shepard],

461

Cost comparison, Welded and mechanical

joints, Louisville Ry., 415 Experience on Omaha & Council Bkiffs

Street Ry. [Findley], 896

New bonding system [Lincoln], *706

Welded and riveted joints, Advantages of,

Comment, 4

Rails:

Cleaner for grooved rails, Long Island City

[Sherwood], *659 Composition and method of manufacture,

Comment, 4 Corrugation :

Causes of [McWhirter]. c87: rFowler[, cl26; [Dunham], c216; [Mullaney], c216; Comment, 197; Discussed [Harvey], c319; [Pellissier], c320

Collection of data urged [Cooper], 407

Curved heads and rail corrugation [Pel- Hsier], c481: [Gailorf. cl26

Influence of steel wheels [Gove], c319

Study of [Sayers], *786

Vibration theory [Meyer], 618; Com- ment, 636

Manganese steel for plain curves [Bernard],

*410

Mayari rails. Titanium-treated, Bay State

Street Ry., *179

Titanium-treated rails in Boston, *47

Railway Signal Association:

March meeting, Proceedings, 642

Randolph, Mas*.:

-Bristol & Norfolk Street Ry.:

Stoughton fare hearing, 716

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Reading, Pa. :

Chamber of Commerce report on transit

conditions, 510

Jitneys disappearing without regulation, 1111

. Reading Transit & Lt. Co.:

Express package business successful, 291

New company publication, 1064 Voluntary increase in wages, 622

Receiverships for electric railway properties in 1915, 37

Record forms:

Form for estimating track construction cost

[Fuller], *81 Signal maintenance record forms, Terre

Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Tr. Co.

[Schlesinger], *45

Watch inspection, *306

Red Bank, N. J.:

Monmouth County Elec. Co.:

Foreclosure sale, 1204

Street repair decision, 139 Redlands, Cal.: Holton Interurban Ry. :

Wheel with three tires for running either on rail or roadway, 1007 Relations between electric railway men and

manufacturers [Hawley], 202 Repair shop equipment:

Air clamp for drilling, Omaha, Neb., * 1 1 95

Coil winding machine, Southern Pacific

Co. [Roberts], '866 Devices for protecting armatures [Parsons],

*1 191

For small road, Comment, 722

Heat-retaining soldering iron [Parsons],

*507

■ Home-made armature banding tensioner, at

Lebanon, Ind. [Flatley], *961

Lighting scheme for paint shop, Southern

Pacific Co., *410

Portable testing apparatus arranged for one- man operation [Ransom], *825

(See also Welding, Special methods)

Repair shop practice:

Babbitting jig eliminates hot journals [Flat- ley], *1006

Button-end axles, Method for reclaiming,

Rockford & Interurban Ry. [Graham],

*89

Cataloging equipment at Indianapolis, Ind.,

facilitates work and insures accuracy

[Clark], *739 Controller connection boards, frames and

covers, Method for remedying defects

[Squire], 221 Economical maintenance of cars at Houston,

Tex. [Bennett] 992

Equipment records at Binghamton, * 1 053

GE-57 motors, Method of reclaiming

[Palmer], *132 GE-57 motor service capacity increased by

semi-ventilation, Cleveland & Erie Ry.

[Palmer], *223

Jigs used at Hazleton, Pa. [Brown], *913

Losses in purchasing department, Cause of

[Twyford], *1091 Maintenance methods, P. R. R. locomotives,

*1 120

Methods of handling armatures [Parsons],

♦1191

■ Method of grinding commutators at Evans- ville, Ind. [Leavitt], *788

Methods of Hudson & Manhattan R. R.

[See], 405. 446

Methods of Tri-City Ry. [Sutherland], 901

Motor and control maintenance in Los

Angeles [Clark], *278

Packing ring practice, Rhode Island Co.,

225

Planning and efficiency system at Portland,

Ore. [Maize], *539; Comment, 527

Reclaiming oxidized babbitt, West Penn

Rys. [Durie], 656

Reclaiming worn button-end axles, Christ- church Tramways [Thompson], *788

Removing and applying steel tires, N. Y.,

Westchester & Boston Ry. [Potter], *1006

(See also Welding, Special methods)

Repair shops:

Characteristics of various classes [Harrison],

272

Detroit Tunnel electric zone, Inspection

shed. *530; Comment, 525

Overhead cranes versus drop pits, Com- ment, 1071

Resistance Grids. (See Controllers and wiring) Retrievers. (See Trolley retrievers) Rhode Island:

Accident record, 1915, 384

Bay State Street Ry. petitions for 6-cent fare

on Rhode Island lines, 335

Public Utilities Commission, Preliminary re- port. 331

Rhode Tsland Co. (See Providence, R. I.)

Richmond, Va. :

Virginia Rv 8' Pr. Co.:

Mechanical door and step operating de- vice for center-entrance cars [Taur- man], *1008

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Richmond, Ya.:

Virginia Ry. & Pr. Co.: (Continued)

Public Service News closes its first

volume, 62 Wage increase, 230

Rochester, N. Y. :

Buffalo, Lockport & Rochester Ry. :

Operating methods approved by Public Service Commission, 880

Portable telephone sets remodeled from wall sets, *92

Safety board appointed, 801 Jitney certificate applications denied by

Commission, 957; Comment, 983 Jitney hearings, 476, 519, 628, 755; Summary

of final hearing, 839 New York State Rys. :

Annual report, *380

Automatic track switch (Collins), [Cadle], 739

Car, Low-level, *764; Comment, 763; modified design, *1096

Co-operation in educational plan [Cam- eron], c828; Comment, 807

Keeping track of emergency wagon, *705

Ladder track design [Sanow], *827 Newspaper comment on snow fighting, 672

New working conditions for track la- borers, 794 Portable stone crusher [Falconer], *277 Selection of employees [Lawson], cl046 Skip stops for rush-hour service

[Strong], 17; Comment, 8 Wage increase, 874 Rockford, 111.:

Rockford & Interurban Ry. :

Button-end axles, Method for reclaim- ing [Graham], *89 Rockford City Tr. Co.:

Employees stock purchase plan, 291 Rock Island Southern Ry. :

Readjustment plans, 578

Rush-hour service: Cost of:

Bay State St. Rv. [Richey], *495

Comment, 848, 889 Criticism of Saturday Evening Post

answered [Beeler], 353; [Waters]

c502

Russia :

Track construction on ice, *643

Rutland, Vt. :

Rutland Ry., Lt. & Pr. Co.:

One man car proposed, 477

St. Catharines, Ont., Can.;

Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Ry.:

Franchise renewal opposed, 663 St. Louis. Mo. :

McKinley bridge fare case, 840, 881, 1207

St. Louis Elec. Terminal Ry.:

Fare increase application to be filed, 62 United Rys.:

Accident record, 1915, 671

Annual report, 666

C ar rebuilding to continue, 188

Commission's extension order upheld, 665

Earnings decline in 1915, 57 North St. Louis service case, 755 Mill tax case; Adverse decision, 745; Stay granted, 1013; Petition filed for rehearing, 1104; Judgments paid, 1200

Skip-stop hearing postponed indefinitely. 477

Wage increase, 709 Safety code (See National Safety Code) Safety first movement: Accident reduction at Chicago, 800

Bonus for accident prevention in Dallas

Tex,. 478

Boston Elevated Ry. report, *652

■ Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., Devices for roll- ing stock, * 1 148

Campaign resumed by Long Island R. R .

1064

Clearing house for safety literature [H. K.

Bennett], c 41

Connecticut Co. safetv contest, Prizes award- ed to school children, 234

Crusade begun by Kansas City, Clay County

& St. Joseph Ry., 60

Discussion at New England Street Ry. Club

459

Distance warning signs at Waterloo, Iowa,

reduce accidents, *1090

Distribution of safety-first primers by rail- ways, 456

Educational exhibits:

Aurora, Elgin & Chicago R. R., *1033 Oakwood Street Ry., *857

Safety first movement: (Continued)

Grade crossing safety in New York, Confer- ence called by Public Service Commission chairman, 145

Hudson & Manhattan R. R. awarded Trav- elers' Insurance Co. medal, 575 Library exhibit in New Haven [Walker]

*358

Methods of reducing accidents, Chicago Ele- vated R. R., *398

Motion pictures in Brooklyn, 468

National Safety Council:

Distribution of bulletins by electric rail- way sections, *564 Growth, 942

Plans for Syracuse conference, 716

Poster displayed in car windows at Colum- bus, Ohio, *853

Prevention methods in Seattle, 767

Progress in 1915, Comment, 7

Railways exhibit safety appliances at Safety

Exposition, 1005

Results at Akron, Ohio, 520

Results at Springfield, 111., 861

Results of year's work at Columbus, Ohio,

*772

Safety calendar for Chicago schools, *350

■ Safety commission appointed in Chicago, 105

■ Safety committees visit out-of-town prop- erties, Toledo Ry. & Lt. Co., 219

Safety first clock in Boston subway, *812

Safety first talks published in local papers at

Jackson, Miss., 753

Safety-first textbook suggested, 628

Safety patrol for schools proposed by Lehigh

Valley Transit Co., 478; Comment, 483

Safetv work of the Puget Sound Tr., Lt. &

Pr. Co. [Carson], *71

School janitors appointed traffic officers in

Louisville, Ky., 928

Standard safety code discussed at Atlanta,

859

Summary of work in Brooklyn, 862

Union Traction Co. (Ind.) methods, *315

Washington (D. C.) companies co-operate,

477

Saginaw, Mich. :

Saginaw-Bay City Ry. :

Wage increase, 1200 Sales of cars', Record for past years, J. G. Brill

Co., 379 Salt Lake & Los Angeles Ry.:

Electrification plans, 874; Begun, 921

Salt Lake City, Utah:

Salt Lake & Ogden Ry. :

Proposed consolidation with other Utah lines, 1016

Salt Lake & Utah R. R. :

Completion of Orem line celebrated, 1103

Proposed consolidation with other Utah lines, 1016

Sand :

Economical use of, Comment, 1028

Sand dryers:

— (Martin Brick Machine Co.), 326

Oil burning, Vancouver, Wash. [Lister],

*5G3 San Diego, Cal.:

New jitney ordinance passed, 105

San Diego Elec. Ry. :

Flood, *500

New transfer, *308 San Diego & Southeastern Ry. :

Fare increase allowed by railroad com- mission, 104

Partial reconstruction plans suggested by commission, 969 Sanford, Me.: Atlantic Shore Ry. :

Fenders approved by commission, 189 San Francisco, Cal.:

Jitney buses, Traffic rules, 671; Grand jury

recommends elimination, 977; Regula- tion urged by police, 1207

Municipal Rys. :

Annual report, 579 Combined work car and flat car, *965 Dispute over Church St. extension, 873, 920, 1011; Court procedure started, 1199

Extension proposed by mayor, 228

Market Street cars, Dispute, 55; Injunc- tion restraining, 377; Ferry loop promised, 420; Ruling for joint use of loop with United Railroads, 470; Amicable settlement,, 749

Wage increase asked, 1153 Southern Pacific Co.:

Annual report, 231

Coil winding machine at Beaverton, Ore.

[Roberts], *866 Lighting scheme for paint shop at

Beaverton, Ore. [Roberts], *410

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

San Francisco, Cal.:

Southern Pacific Co.: (Continued)

Street traffic signal, *776

Transit problems discussed by city engineer,

1 101

United Railroads:

Application for confirmation of coupon issue on bonds, 144

Dispute over connections for municipal lines, 873, 920, 1011; Court proced- ure started, 1J99

Gig for distributing long poles [Foster], Mil

Hints to technical writers [Foster], c

460; Comment, 483 Jack for plumbing iron poles [Foster],

*276

Joint use of ferry loop with Municipal Rys., 55, 377, 420, 470; Amicable settlement, 749

Portable trolley-wire reel holder [Foster], *220

Purchase ordinance lef erred back to com- mittee, 140

Purchase of certain branches by city not opposed by Pres. Lilienthal, 577

Readjustment of finances proposed, 925

Trolley wire wear; Causes [Foster], 569; [Foster], c *909; Effect of re- trievers [Foster], c 613

Twin jacks for removing poles [Foster], . *36?

University courses for employees, Plans for, 54

San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Rys. (See Oak- land, Cal.)

San Luis-Obispo, Cal.:

Pacific Coast Ry. :

Steel passenger car, *830 San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake R. R. :

Safety precautions to auto drivers, 61

Saratoga, N. Y. :

Hudson Valley Ry.:

Terminal completed, *855 Saskatchewan, Can. : Saskatoon Municipal Ry. :

Emergency • snow-fighting equipment [Archibald], *868

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.:

Trans-St. Mary's Tr. Co.:

Change of ownership of water power, street railway and ferry business at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., 668

Schedules and time-tables:

Coasting and no-coasting operation, Effect

on schedule speed [Chappelle], *116; Comment, 112

Economy of higher speeds [Wood], 13;

Comment, 8

Express service for peak-load factory traffic,

Schenectady Ry. [Hamilton], 219

Factory specials, Picking up passengers by,

Comment, 111

Fare collectors at congested points, Three

per car used in Kansas City, 800, 976

Near-side stop, Advantages as timesaver

analyzed, Metropolitan Street Ry. [Har- rington], 169

Saturation point for surface lines [Brush],

263

Schedule revision to meet automobile compe- tition [Gonzenbach] , 75; Comment, 67

Schedule speeds in various cities compared

to Cleveland, 360

Service changes, Explanations for public

necessary, Comment, 937

Skip stops effect service improvements, Cleve- land Ry. [Wilson], *15; Comment, 8

Skip stops, Effect on schedules [Wood], 13;

[Wilson], *15; [Strong], 17; [Sulli- van], 18

Skip stops for rush-hour service, New York

State Rys. [Strong], 17; Comment, 8

Skip-stop service, Difficulties in establishing,

Chicago Surface Lines [Sullivan], 18; Comment, 8

Watch inspection systems, *306

Schenectady, N. Y.:

Schenectady Ry. :

Application for new bond issue, 423 Express service for peak-load factory

traffic [Hamilton], 219 Heating and ventilation tests [Abell], 405

Station stop signals operated by passeng- ers ordered for interurban line, 336

Strike, 920 Schomberg (Canada) & Aurora Railway:

Operation by electricity begun, 98 Scranton, Pa.:

Jitney regulatory ordinance sustained by

court, 188 Scranton & Binghamton R. R.:

Methods used to stimulate traffic, *938

January-June, 1916]

INDEX

Scranton, Pa.: (Continued)

Scranton Ry. :

Complaints filed against jitney owners,

905; Comment, 887 Handling rush-hour traffic [Reilly], 952 Increase in wages asked for, 622; New agreement, 794

Scrap material, High price of, Comment, 847

Seats (See Doors, seats and windows)

Seattle, Wash.:

Automobile competition, 291

Puget Sound Tr., Lt. & Pr. Co.:

Accident figures for five years, 928 Accident prevention meetings, 767 Auto-bus service by subsidiary company

begun, *164 Commission funds lacking for valuation,

708; Valuation resumed, 875 Franchise abandonment application de- nied bv city council, 229; Relief re- quested, 378 Good service discussed, 670 Heating of cars, Hearing, 801, 841 One-man car service, Proposed, 335; Re- quest permission to operate, 977; Property owners protest against, 1064; Authorized, 1110, 1159 Safety-first work, Methods to stimulate

interest [Carson], *70 Suit against jitneys in Bellingham, Wash., 929

Seattle Municipal Street Ky.:

Extension proposed, 875 Financial condition, 1185; Comment, 1166

Financial statement, 878

Plans to reduce deficit, 709

Private operation of Lake Burien Line urged, 971 Seattle, Renton & Southern Ry. :

Court decision on insolvency, 333

Kings County Superior Court orders sale, 423; Purchase by city opposed, 833; Foreclosure sale, No bids re- ceived, 926; Receiver recommends acceptance of offer for property, 1018; Sale ordered, 1061

Reorganization plan submitted, 713; Ap- proved, 752

Snowstorm blocks railways, 329

Sedalia, Mo.:

■ City Lt. & Tr. Co.:

Publicity method, 800

Selma, Ala. :

• Selma Street & Suburban Ry.:

Pole hoisting machine, One-man [Nees], *614

Transporting poles with automobile and dolly [Nees], "463

Service and tower wagons:

Keeping track of emergency wagon at

Rochester, *706 Maintenance costs in Brooklyn, 947

Storage-battery tower wagons for line work,

Bay State Street Ry., *179 Three section, automobile tower wagon (Mc-

Cardell & Co.), *136 Service standards:

Effect on revenue [Doolittle], 1035

Sherbrooke, Que. :

■ Sherbrooke Ry. & Pr. Co.:

Municipal ownership proposed by com- pany, 834

Shore Line Elec. Ry. (See^Norwich, Conn.) Shovels, Economy in buying, Cleveland Ry. [Clark], 175

Shuttle service, Clean, well-lighted cars essential to popularize, Comment, 154

Signals:

Analysis of signal indications, Railway Sig- nal Association, 642

Contact signals for Jamestown, N. Y., *741

Interlocking system in Newark terminal

[Brown], *891

Judging signals by results, Comment, 761

Maintenance of signals, System for, Terre

Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Tr. Co. [Schlesinger], *45

Ohmmeter for signal systems (Roller-Smith),

*791

Psychology of signal observance, 902

Standards fixed for grade-crossing signals,

1012

Traffic, colored lights, at San Francisco,

Cal., *776 Signs on cars:

New route signs for Denver, Col., * 1 1 43

Single-phase railways:

Early onerating experiences, Philadelphia-

Paoli electrification [Grimshaw], *681; Comment, 677

Philadelphia-Paoli electrification. Construc- tion and operating details [Gibbs], 203

■ Single-phase for New York Connecting Ry.,

Single-phase railways: (Continued)

(See also Phase-converters; Motors)

Sioux Falls, S. D. :

Sioux Falls Tr. System:

On the Cars earliest company-publica- tion, 147

Snow removal:

Emergency equipment at Saskatchewan,

Can. [Archibald], *868 Improvised wing plow, Vancouver [Murrin],

*658

Methods for removal and disposal [Bates],

162

Plows with nose-type shares mounted on

independent trucks, Illinois Traction System, *94

Motor bus trailer plows, *308

Sled with adjustable wrought-iron scraper

eliminates hand shoveling (Lisbon Falls Mfg. Co.), *49

Society for Electrical Development:

Plans for "Prosperity Week," 284

Southern Illinois & St. Louis Ry. (See Chicago, 111.)

Southern Illinois Lt. & Pr. Co, (See Hillsboro, 111.)

Southern Iowa Ry. & Lt. Co. (See Albia, Iowa) Southern Pacific Co. (See San Francisco, Cal) Southern Pennsylvania Tr. Co. (See Wilmington, Del.)

Southern Traction Co. (See Dallas, Tex.) Southwest Missouri R. R. (See Webb City, Mo.)

Southwestern Electrical & Gas Association:

Convention, 943; Proceedings, 989; Papers

rGerhardt], 943; [Berry], 945; [Locher], 946; [Dalv], 991; [Bennett], 992; [Griffin], 993; [Archibald], 996 Southwestern Traction Co. (See Temple, Tex.)

Spain:

Interurban railway voltages, 372

Special work:

Experience with bolted flange-bearings in

Kansas City, Mo. [Harvey], *1050

Progress in 1915, Comment, 4

Special track lavouts made interchangeable,

Columbus, Ohio [Watters], *864

Welding manganese steel [Armstrong],

*1144

100-Ib. rail with bolted, rolled guard in

track reconstruction, Springfield Ry. [Keen], *134

Speed of cars (See Schedules and time-tables)

Speeder with motor wheel attachment (Mudge & Co., Smith Mfg. Co.), * 1 37

Spikes (See Track construction)

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. (See Vancou- ver, Wash.)

Spokane, Wash.:

One-man cars, Hearing on complaint against,

^ 520

Washington Water Power Co.:

Bridge failure wrecks car, * 1 63 ; City to pay accident claims, 235

Springfield, 111.:

Jitney regulatory ordinance, Court restrains

city from enforcing, 234 Springfield Consolidated Ry. :

Results from safety work, 861 Springfield Gas & Elec. Co.:

Commission decision on valuation in gas rate case, 1002

Springfield, Mass.:

Springfield Street Ry. :

New carhouse to be built, 1014 Open cars changed to prepayment, *592 Palmer, Mass., carhouse destroyed by fire, 623

Service improvements being effected,

189, 336 Wage arbitration, 1102

Springfield, Mo.:

Springfield Traction Co.:

Arbitration agreement for recent strike,

468

Illuminated time board, * 1 1 95

Springfield, Ohio:

Ohio Electric Ry. :

Experience with electric welder, [Sund-

maker], *789 Through service from Indianapolis, Ind., to Zanesville, Ohio, inaugurated, 754

Readjustment of leases, Subsidiary prop- erties, 381 Wage increase, 874

Springfield Ry. :

Track reconstruction with 100-lb. rail on steel ties and concrete ballast [Keenl, *134

(Abbreviations: 'Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Springfield, Ohio:

Springfield Ry.: (Continued)

Springfield & Xenia Ry. :

Wage increase, 874 Standard Gas & Elec. Co. :

(See Chicago, 111.) Standardization :

Advertising Association standards, Com- ment, 1027

Example of Master Car Builders, Comment,

1165

Price reduction, Comment, 888

Standards should cheapen cost c [Adams],

612, c [Gove], 612, Comment, 483, 589

Voltages for high-tension d. e. railways,

Standardization discussed^, 777; Com- ment, 762

Stark Electric Ry. (See Alliance, Ohio) State's rights in water powers upheld by Su- preme Court, 229 Statistics :

Estimating costs on unit-time basis [Fuller],

*80

Operating results, Massachusetts railways,

for 15 years, [McGrath], *256

Receiverships and foreclosure sales in 1915,

Rolling stock ordered in 1915, 34, Comment,

Track construction, New or electrified, in

1915, 32, Comment, 2 Track mileage and number of cars owned

by electric railways in the United States

in June, 1915, 159 Traffic data, Street cars and jitneys in La

Fayette, Ind., [*Ewing], *355

Traffic on New York City bridges, 785

Steo accidents, Reducing by anti-slip material

(Am. Abr. Metals Co.), 280 Steubenville, Ohio:

Fare case against Tri-State Ry. & Elec. Co.,

I. C. C. decision, 669 Stockton, Cal.: Stockton Elec. R. R.:

Lines offered to city, 875 Stopping of cars:

Cost of making a stop, Comment, 591

Duration of stop, Factors affecting, [Ewing],

*768, Comment, 762 Near-side stop:

Adopted experimentally at Minneapolis, 520

Advantages as time-saver analyzed. Metropolitan Street Ry. [Harrington], 169

Results at Akron, Ohio, 520 Skip stops:

Difficulty of evolving suitable system, Chicago Surface Lines [Sullivan], 18; Comment, 8

Discontinued in Detroit, 60

Economy of higher speeds [Wood], 13, Comment, 8

Hearing in Newark, N. J., 477; Trial operation, 628, 715

Increased speed by skip-stops in Cleve- land, 335

Recommended for Dallas, Tex., 335 Rush-hour skip-stop service. New York State Rys. [Strong], 17, Comment,

St. Louis (Mo.) hearing postponed in- definitely, 477

Schedule speed, Effect on [Wood], 13; [Wilson], *15; [Strong], 17; Sulli- van], 18; Comment, 8

Service improvement due to skip-stop, Cleveland Ry. [Wilson], *15, Com- ment, 8

Selection of stopping points, Comment, 298

Storage batteries:

Endurance tests of drv batteries (Cleveland

Battery & Elec. Co.), *968 Lancashire X Yorkshire Ry. electrification,

*438, Comment, 432 Low operating cost on Cambria & Indiana

R. R. storage-battery car, 466 Substitute for dry cell (J. P. Mentzer &

Co.), *374 Storeroom systems [Schwarz], 1174 Straphangers do not pay dividends, Comment,

889

Strikes and arbitrations: Alliance, Ohio, 794

Bay State Stret Ry. strike settled pending

arbitration, 709

Buffalo & Southern Ry., 1104, 1199

Ft. Wayne, Ind., Agreement reached, 971

Holyoke, Mass., Hearing, 330, 378

Newark, N. J., 663

Pittsburgh Rys., 872

Rhode Island Co., Wage increase granted

in decision of arbitration board, 30, Comment, 68

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Strikes and arbitrations: (Continued)

Schenectady Ry., 920

Shore Line Elec. Ry., 1101

Springfield (Mass.) Street Ry. to arbitrate

wage question, 1102

Springfield, Mo., Arbitration agreement, 468

Toledo Rys. & Lt. Co., 664, 707, 745

Trenton & Mercer County Tr. Corp'n, 1012

1056; Deadlock, 1152

Washington & Old Dominion Ry., 1014

Washington, D. C, 499; Settled, 578

Wilkes-Barre Ry., 55, 97, 229, 377, 512;

Permanent employees replace strikers, 665; Situation discussed [Wright], 907 Worcester Consolidated Street Ry. to arbi- trate wage question, 1103

Structures :

Air-operated and electric mechanisms for

buildings (Nat. Pneumatic), 830

A. R. E. A. clearance diagram, *698

Substation and equipment:

Automatic control for feeder protection,

[Howard], *603

Automatically controlled substation, Possibili- ties of, 912; Comment, 7

Construction and equipment costs, Bay State

Street Ry„ 164

Converter trouble cured by brush treat- ment, Illinois Traction System, * 1 3 5

Discussion at N. E. L. A. convention, 1032

General features of Pittsburgh substation,

[Hecker], *1093

Insulation and phasing test panel, 828

Outdoor substation design, [Young], 647

Standardization of substations, Difficulties

of, Comment, 7

Switchboard design at new Pittsburgh sta- tion [Hecker], *1 146

Subways :

Responsibility for fixed charges, [Brush],

263

Sweden :

Electrification plans, 661

Goteborg Tramway:

Financial statement, 797 Swedish East Central Ry. :

Electrification begun, 1089

Syracuse, N. Y. :

Auburn & Syracuse Elec. R. R. :

Management changed, 283 Readjustment plans for securities, 925

Empire United Rys. :

Bondholders' committee notice, 333 Combating automobile competition, meth- ods for [Gonzenbach], 75; Comment, 67

Default on notes, 473

Parlor cars stimulate traffic, *393; Com- ment, 389

Petition to bring foreclosure action, 752; Authorized, 796

Plans for purchase of Monroe County Elec. Belt Line, 517

Roller bearings on interurban cars. Ex- perience, [Voth it Metcalfe], *865

Tacoma, Wash.:

Puget Sound Elec. Ry.:

Rate question pamphlet distributed among patrons, 230

Tacoma Ry. & Pr. Co.:

Decision in franchise case affirmed, 513 Increase in interurban fare upheld, 1111 Power, Standby supply, furnished for municipal power station, 378

Tacony, Pa.:

Frankford, Tacony & Holmesburg Ry. :

Wage increase, 874

Tampa, Fla. :

■ Jitney ordinance passed, 1109

Taxation :

California electric railways petition Commis- sion for relief from excessive burdens, 511; Comment, 485

Wisconsin methods [Lyons], 599

Telephones:

Portable telephone sets remodeled from wall

sets, Buffalo, Lockport & Rochester Ry.,

*92

Temple, T°x. :

Southwestern Traction Co.:

Receiver appointed, 233

Terminal stations and terminals:

Elevators for London (Eng.) subway sta- tions, Automatically controlled, 350

-New terminal at Newark, N. J., *817; Com- ment, 807; Signal system [Brown], *891

Saratoga terminal, *855

Terminal market at Los Angeles for inter- urban roads, *782

Terminals and traffic congestion, Comment,

935

Terre Haute, Ind. :

Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Tr. Co.

Through service profits, 383

(See also Lebanon, Ind.; Indianapolis,

Ind.)

Tests of equipment:

Insulation and phasing test panel [Tanis],

*828

Overhead construction tests, Connecticut Co.

[Harte], 538

Portable testing apparatus arranged for one- man operation [Ransom], *825

■ Safe test lead contact handle [Doyle], *657

Third Avenue Ry. (See New York City)

Third-rail contact system:

Maintenance on Detroit Tunnel electric

zone, *533, Comment, 525, Operating

records, *850 Lancashire & Yorkshire Ry., electrification,

Manchester-Bury, *439, Comment, 432 Protected third-rail, B. & O. electrification,

*1074, Comment, 1071

Protection, Safety report, Boston *652

Third track for express service, Manhattan

Elevated Ry., *128 Three Rivers, Canada: Three Rivers Tr. Co.:

Operation begun, 55 Three-wire system (See Power Distribution)

Tickets :

Produce no saving in loading time, Com- ment, 589

Ties:

Increased use of steel ties during 1915,

Comment, 2

Life of wood ties, Statistics on, 167

Treatment, Comparative value of, 504

Woods for cross-ties, Important considera- tions in determining, 167 Timber classification for yellow pines, 310 Timber preservation:

Creosote for timber preservation, Foreign

supply in 1915, 166

Output of treated timber, 1914 and 1915, 968

Ties, Comparative value of treatment, 504

Zinc chloride, Specification for, 166

Timber specifications:

Grading, A. R. E. A. report, 607

Grading rules for yellow pine, 414

Needed, Comment, 983

Toledo, Ohio:

Franchise settlement plan, 708, Summar- ized, 746

Toledo Rys. & Lt. Co.:

Arguments in contempt case concluded, 1014

Community ownership plan discussed,

793

Fare increased, 833 Inventory case, 377

Safety committees visit out-of-town properties, 219

Service, Conference on, 425 Strike, Objection to union button, 664; Hearing, 707; Settled, 745

Toledo & Western R. R. :

Storeroom systems discussed [Schwarz], 1174

Topeka, Kansas:

Jitney operators organization distintegrated,

1207

Ordinance keeps jitneys off car streets, 1064

Toronto, Canada:

Hydro-radial railway approved by voters, 98

Municipal ownership suggestions by mayor,

230

Plans for advisory commission, 513

Toronto Civic Ry. :

Financial statement, 668 Newspaper comment on fares, 749

Toronto Ry. :

Annual report, 667

Loss of employees due to war, 628

(Abbreviations: 'Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Toronto, Canada:

. Toronto Ry.: (Continued)

Overcrowding case, Leave to appeal to highest court granted, 106

Traffic commission to be appointed, 419, 576

Tower cars:

Connecticut Co., [Harte], *534

Track cleaner for grooved rails, Manhattan & Queens Tr. Corp'n [Sherwood, *659

Track construction:

Cost comparison, welded and mechanical

joints, Louisville Ry., 415

Developments in construction, maintenance

and renewals during 1915, Comment, 2

Estimating track construction cost on unit-

tiire basis [Fuller] *80

Ladder track design, [Sanowl, *827

Experience in paved streets, Northern Ohio

Tr. & Lt. Co. [Blinn], *371

New and electrified track in 1915, 32, Com- ment, 2

Portable stone crusher, [Falconer], *277

Spike, Drawing of proposed A. R. E. A.

standard, *641

Unit costs at Cleveland, Ohio, *559

100-lb. rail on steel ties and concrete bal- last, Springfield Ry., [Keen], *134

Trackless trolley:

Bill passed in Massachusetts, to provide

for operation, 1057

Bradford, Eng., Trolley battery vehicle, *1099

Operating costs compared with motor bus,

England 442

Track maintenance:

Asphalt and concrete mixing plant at Oak- land, Cal., *728

Catch basins in new and reconstructed track

in Kansas City, Mo., *967

Contact for portable welding machine,

Brooklyn, [McKelway], *568

Derailment record over temporary cross- over switches, Louisville Ry., 79

Effects of low temperature on paving in

track allowance, *916 Grinding joints at New Haven, Conn., 572

Influence of location in street on cost,

[Cram], 443

Organization of track gangs, Comment, 525

Paving track allowances, [Cram], c 1190

Rail grinder at Worcester, Mass., (Ry.

Track-work Co.), *281

Rail grinding on Bay State Street Ry., 1197

Reclaiming broken track tools, 615

Track life extended by electric welding, at

Springfield, O., [Sundmaker], *789

Track switch. Automatic, at Rochester, N. Y.,

[Cadle], *739 Trade directory of Central America and the

West Indies, 31

Traffic:

Saturation point for surface lines and re- sponsibility' for subway construction [Brush], "263

Traffic investigations:

Analysis of stop duration at LaFayette,

Ind., [Ewing], *768, Comment, 762 Length of ride, Boston, [McGrath], *595

Loop traffic analyzed, Chicago Bureau of

Transportation, *171

Street cars, pedestrians and jitneys in

La Fayette, Ind., [Ewing], *355

Traffic stimulation:

Folders for, [Greene], *351

Methods at Detroit, 783; Scranton, *938;

Dallas, Tex., [Griffin], 993- Parlor car service, Empire United Rys.,

*392, Comment, 389

Transfers:

Printing machine, Experimental, Detroit,

841

San Diego Elec. Ry. adopts new form, *308

The transfer privilege, Comment, 983

Transportation of troops. Importance of rail- ways in preparedness plans [Harries], c 41, Comment, 2

Trenton, N. J.:

Trenton & Mercer Conty Tr. Corp'n:

Conference on adequate service, 716 Inexpensive door-opening device, * 1 053 Strip ticket order affirmed, 335; Peti- tion against, 477, 628

Strikers agree to arbitrate, 1012; Arbi- tration begun, 1056: New arbitra- tion plan, 1013; Deadlock, 1162, 1200

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INDEX

XVII

Tri-City Ry. (See Davenport, la.) Trolley Retrievers:

Improved type (Earll), *573

Trolley shoe, (Miller), *829

Trolley-wire reel holder, Portable, United Rail- roads of San Francisco [Foster], *220

Trucks, car:

Birney one-man car, *558

Maximum traction trucks for Rochester low

level car, *766, Comment, 763

Tucson, Ariz.:

. Tucson Rapid Transit Co. :

One-man cars, Construction and equip- ment details, *21, Comment, 9

Tulsa, Okla.:

Jitney zone prescribed, 1159

Turbo-generators and equipment:

Large capacity unit for Boston, M63, 830

Prime movers discussed, N. E. L. A. con- vention, *998

Providence plant, Rhode Island Co., *300

30,000-kw. turbine for Interborough Rapid

Transit Co., 318; Tests [Stott, Finlay], *903

Twin City Rapid Transit Co. (See Minneapolis, Minn.)

Union Electric Co. (See Dubuque, la.) Union Traction Co. of Indiana (See Anderson, Ind.)

United Railroads of San Francisco (See San

Francisco, Cal.) United Rys. (See St. Louis, Mo.) United Rys. & Elec. Co. (See Baltimore, Md.) Urbana, 111.:

Urbana & Champaign Ry., Gas & Elec. Co.:

One-man car operation opposed by city council, 61

Valparaiso, Chile:

Compania de Tranvias Electricos de Val- paraiso:

Franchise extension rejected, 855 Vancouver, B. C. : British Columbia Elec. Ry.:

Annual report, 516

Emergency snow-fighting equipment,

[Murrin], *658 Method of determining leverage,

[Lloyd], *370 Sale of low rate tickets discontinued, 512 Schedule maintained despite snow, 512 Series-parallel switch on line car, * [Lloyd], *461

Vancouver, Wash.:

North Coast Pr. Co.:

One-man car service planned, 1063

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. :

Sand dryer, oil-burning, [Lister], *503

Ventilation of cars:

Experience in ventilating all-steel interur-

ban cars, [Hemming], 1049 Tests on Schenectady Ry., [Abell], 405,

[McElroy], Discussion, 446

Virginia :

State Corporation Commission report, 287

Virginia Ry. & Pr. Co. (See Norfolk and Rich- mond, Va.)

Waiting stations:

Attractive stations in southern California

*997

Elevators for London (Eng.) subway sta

tions, Automatically controlled, 350

Wanamie, Pa. :

People's Street Ry.:

Application for receiver, 187 War and electric railways (See Preparedness)

Warren, Ta. :

Warren & Jamestown Street Ry.:

Fare reduction refused by Commission in New York, 424 Washington (State):

Commision hearing on one-man and owl cars,

1205

Jitney bonding law upheld, 715

Jitney bonds being cancelled for lack of

sponsors, 104

Public service commission:

Review of accomplishments in 1915, 226

Railway valuations reduced, 1102

State compensation act passed upon by U. S.

Supreme Court, 230 Washington, D. C:

^Capital Traction Co.:

Annual report, 420 Safety campaign in schools, 477 Strike, 409; Wage terms settled, 578

Public Utilities Commission proposes service

standards, 1063 Status of Public Utilities Commission valua- tion, 709

Washington & Old Dominion Ry. :

Strike in spite of arbitration agreement, 1014

Washington Interurban Ry.:

Road sold at receiver's sale, 59

Washington Ry. & Elec. Co. :

Annual report, 185

Approval of constitutional amendments [Ham], c 366

Bonus under profit-sharing plan dis- tributed to employees, *74

Christmas entertainment for employees' children, 61

I'resident King talks on consolidation, 416

Safety campaign in schools, 477 Strike, 499; Wage terms settled, 578 Washington Water Power Co. (See Spokane, Wash.)

Watch inspection sytems, *306 Waterloo, la.:

Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Ry. :

Distance warning signs reduce acci- dents, *1090 Methods of selecting and training train- men, [Lamb], 900 Ordinance against one-man cars, opposed

by company, 424 Proposed electrification of Chicago, Ana- moosa & Northern R. R., as a sub- sidiary, 1011 Water-power control, Report of congress by de- partment of agriculture, 230 Watertown, N. Y. :

Watertown Transportation Co. :

Bus rights granted, 841 Watt meters, Use on cars (See Energy consump- tion ) Waupaca, Wis. :

Waupaca Elec. Lt. & Ry. Co.:

Fare increase modified, 627 Wausau, Wis.: Wausau Street R. R. :

Name changed to Wisconsin Valley Elec. Co., 144 Waynesboro, Pa. :

Greencastle & Waynesboro Street Ry.:

Carhouse fire, 378 Webb City, Mo.:

Southwest Missouri R. R. :

Bonus for employees during war, 747 Bus venture unprofitable, 1207 Express service hampered by internal revenue stamps, 500 Weed burner built on flat car, Portland Ry.,

Lt. & Pr. Co. [Maize], 47 Welding, Special methods:

\ Contact for portable welder, Brooklyn, [Mc-

Kelway], *568

V Exciter set used for track welding, Hat-

tiesburg, Miss., 1099 ■ Experience in various shops, *550, Com- ment, 526

Manganese-steel welding [Armstrong], * 1 144

■ Oxy-acetylene welds replace flanged pipe con- nections, *49

Reducing bore of gears, Atlantic City, N. J.,

I Blacklock], *369

-Track life extended by welding, Spring- field, O., [Simdmaker], *789

Western Maryland Ry.:

West End Rapid Transit Co. (See Cincinnati, Ohio)

Line between Helens Run and Wyatt Mines

to be electrified, 971 Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co.

ment, 1015 Westinghouse Memorial Tablet, West Jersey & Seashore R. R.

ment, 711

West Penn Rys. (See Connellsville, Pa.) (Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

Wheaton, 111.:

Aurora, Elgin & Chicago R. R. :

Power saving in car operation, Instruct- ing trainmen, [Gillette], 732 Safety exhibit at Aurora, * 1033

Wheels:

Flange oiler, [Lister], *700

Mileage of cast iron and steel, Detroit United

Ry., 1051 Wichita, Kan.:

Arkansas Valley Interurban Ry.:

Through passenger service inaugurated on extension, 188

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.:

Wilkes-Barre Ry.

New publication, 715

President's address before Pennsylvania Association, [Wright], 906

Strike injunction and damages sought by company, 55; Injunction granted, 97; Permanent injunction hearing, 229; Statement by company, 377; Strikers ask damages, 512; Perma- nent employees replace strikers, 665; situation discussed [Wright], 907 Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Ry. (See Hazleton,

Pa.)

Williamsport, Pa.:

Williamsport Passenger Rys.:

Legal points in operation of jitneys, [Davis], 905, Comment, 887 Willoughby, Ohio:

Cleveland, Painesville & Eastern R. R.:

Financial statement, 666 Wilmington, Del.:

Southern Pennsylvania Tr. Co.:

Experience with jitneys, [Heindle], 905,

Comment, 887 Method of training platform men, [Heindle], 954

Wilmington & Philadelphia Tr. Co.:

Car, Low-floor, light-weight, * 1 1 68 Wage increase to employees, 229

Windows (See Doors, seats and windows)

Winnipeg, Man.: .

Winnipeg Electric Ry.:

Dividend passed, 713 Financial statement, 626, 1108

Winona, Minn.:

Wisconsin Ry., Lt. & Pr. Co.:

Experience with one-man cars, [How- ard], 601

Wisconsin :

Commission fixes fares of Chicago & Mil- waukee Elec. R. R. Co., 383

Taxation methods, [Lyons], 599

L'tility legislation, [Sanborn], 648

Wisconsin Electrical Association:

March meeting:

Proceedings, 563, 599, Papers, [Ewing], 600; [Howard], 601, 603; [Geisse], 602; [Young], 647; [Sanborn], 648

Wood blocks for floors in buildings, Value of, 167

Worcester, Mass.:

Worcester Consolidated Street Ry.:

Open cars changed to prepayment, "592

Rail grinding practice, *281

Stock increase opr 'sed, 472

Wage arbitration, 1102; Increase, 1153

(See also Millbury, Mass.)

W ork cars :

Combined with flat car, San Francisco, "965

Combined work car, snow-plow and sweeper

for Port Arthur, Ont., *465 Line car with air-operated platform for K.

C, C. C. & St. J. Ry., [Spellman],

*1098

Low-side, automatically-controlled dump

car, (Differential Car Co.), *571

Speeder with motor wheel attachment

(Mudge), *137

Wrecking cars:

Equipment, Public Utilities Co., * 1 196

Wrench for limited clearances, (Mechanical

Specialties Co.), *1100 Writers, Hints to technical, [Foster], c 460,

Comment, 483

Financial state-

274

Financial state-

York, Pa.: York Rys.:

Financial statement, 580

Freight and express rates and service [Wayne], 956

Wage increase, 874 Yakima Valley Transportation Co. (See North

Yakima, Wash.) Youngstown, Ohio:

Jitney ordinance upheld, 714

Mahoning & Shenango Ry. & Lt. Co.:

Power station extension completed, 918

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INDEX

[Vol. XLVII

AUTHOR INDEX

Abell, Horace A. Heating and ventilation of

urban cars, 405 Adams, H. H. Standards should cheapen costs,

c 612

Anderson, H. D. Handling accident reserves, 955 Anderson, S. H. Three wire system in Los

Angeles, *395 Archibald, F. D. Emergency snow-fighting equip- ment in Western Canada, *868 Archibald, W. M. Street railway paving, 996 Armstrong, A. H. Electric operation on the St. Paul, *1 130

Opportunities for electrification, 28

Armstrong, P. A. E. Manganese steel welding, *1 144

Arnold, Bion J. Depreciating overhead charges,

Definitions of accounting terms, 498 Arthur, William. Efficient car operation, c 781

Baker, Chauncey B. Railway military prepared- ness, 348

Balfour, H. N. Accounting for betterments and

replacements, 770 Bates, A. J. Expanded steel truss pole, 207 Bates, H. Snow-fighting apparatus, 162 Bauer, John. Relieving the investors uncertainty,

491

B'edwell, C F. Carhouse design and construction, 209

Beeler, John A. Saturday Evening Post an- swered, 353

Benedict, H. A. New car for Public Service Ry., *114

Bennett, F. J. Economical maintenance of city and interurban cars, 992

Bennett, H. K, Clearing house for safety liter- ature, c 41

Bernard, M. Use of manganese steel in plain

curves, *410 Berry, V. W. Effectiveness of coasting recorders

in reducing power consumption and

operating costs, 945 Binkley, Geo. H. Concrete and asphalt mixing

plant saves its cost in one year, *728 Blacklock, John B. Reducing bore of gear by

means of electric arc, *369 Blinn, Thomas W. Track construction in paved

streets, *371

Brady, Arthur W. Proposed changes in the A. E. R. A. constitution, c 215

Bright, E. W. Value of ties, Treated and un- treated, 504

Brown, T. W. Signaling in the Public Service

terminal, *891 Brown, Tames W. Tig practice at Hazleton, Pa., "*913

■ Porcelain insulators for grid suspension,

M144

Bruenauer, O. Application of ball bearings to

railway car journals, "1096 Brush, M. C. Increasing capacity of urban

systems, 263

Bruster, R. R. Relations of accounting officers to other members of official family, 1136

Buchmann, H H. Motorman's auxiliary control board, *701

Removable pilot used with couplers, *506

Steel siding substituted for wood stiffens

car, *569

Burr, G. L. Determining if proposed improve- ments will pay c 1047

Cadle C L. Automatic track switch in Ro- chester, *739

Cameron, G. M. Co-operation between railways and schools in educational work, c 823

Cantlin A H. S. Lighting of interurban cars, c 87

Carhart, Raymond H. Roller bearings for rail- way use, 1127 Carson, George. Safety first in Seattle, *70 Chappelle, C. C. Energy input method of de- termining motormen's efficiency, c *695 Fundamental principles of car operation effi- ciency, *116

Principles of efficient car operation, 686

Claggett, R. B. One-man, double-end, single- truck cars, 25

Clapp, Harold W. Load dispatching at East St. Louis, * 1 56

Clark, Charles H. Economy in buying good shovels, 175

Measuring yardage of granite blocks by

weight instead of count, 963

Clark, J. L. Electrical repairs on controllers and motors in Los Angeles, *278

Clark, L. M. Cataloging equipment insures ac- curacy, *739

Clough, W. A. Comparative economies of old and

new motors, 1181 Coffin, L. F. Recent lightning arrester expen

ence, *88

Cooper, H. S. Collection of corrugation data urged, 407

Prospects of the jitney, 39

Cram, R. C. Paving track allowances, c 1190

Track maintenance in streets, 443

Crouse, D. E. Ampere-hour meters on Annapolis

Short Line, *413 Culbertson, R. K. Electric locomotives for spot- ting service, *462

Daly, David. President's address at Southwest- ern Electrical and Gas Association, 991

Davis, E. H. Legal points in operation of jitneys, 905

Davis, George H. First company publication, c 567

Dickson, E. J. One-man car operation in Lock- port, N. Y.

Dike, E. R. Granite paving blocks recut and re- laid for $1.59^ per yard,

Dobson, J. V. Motors and phase converters on N. & W. locomotives, *644

Doolittle, F. W. Railway operation in Cleveland, 359

Some problems of the electric railway in- dustry, 1035

Dovle, Bernard. Safe test lead contact handle, *657

Doyle, J. S. Maintenance of coasting recorders, c 215

Drew, James H. A plea for patriotism, c 782

President Henry's letter, c 366

Duncan, C. W. Sanitary water cooler with iso- lated ice chamber, *6 1 6

Dunham, Jr., W. R. Connecticut Co. bridge records, *412

High-carbon steel and rail corrugal ion, c 216

Durie, Daniel. Reclaiming oxidized babbitt, 656

Reclaiming worn axles, 506

Earll, C. I. Why trolley wire wears out, c *734

Eaton, G. M. Chattering wheel-slip in electric motive power, * 3 1 2

Elliott, Thomas. Co-operative education for em- ployees, c 1047

"Equipment Engineer." Grid-resistor tests, c 1048

Grid-resistor tests and standardization found

important, *505 Eveland, George H. Bonds and bonding practice,

966

Ewing, D. D. Factors affecting duration of stops, *768

Starting currents for interurban car motors,

Traffic studies in Lafayette, Ind., *355

Ewing, M. C. Presidential address, Wisconsin Electrical Association. 600

Falconer, D. P. Portable crusher eliminates

stone hauling, *277 Findley, R. H. Rail joints, 896 Fisher, F. E. Sanitary covers preserve car seat

backs, *322

Flatley, M. F. Babbitting jig eliminates hot

journals, *1006

Home-made armature banding tensioner, *96 1

Winter and summer motor covers effect

economy, *913 Forsyth, W. H. Development of the automatic

car curtain, *133

Foster, S. L. Gig for distributing long poles, *411

Hints to technical writers, c 460

Portable trolley-wire reel holder, *220

Tool for plumbing iron poles, *276

Twin jacks for removing wood poles, *369

Why trolley wire wears out, 569; c 613;

c *909

Fowler, George L. Causes of rail corrugation, c 126

Corrugated culvert pipes tested under a

sand bed, * 964

Hydrostatic tests of corrugated culverts, *914

Fowles, Byron C. One-mar. car operation jjegun in Pine Bluft, 24

Fuller, Carl H. Estimating cost of track con- struction on a unit-time basis, *80

Funk, J. T. One-man cars in Lou'sville, 20

Gailor, C. F. Curved heads for girder rails, *cl26

Gebhart, Henry. Railway exhibit educates pub- lic, *857

Geisse, Harold L. Attitude of Wisconsin Com- mission on security issues, 602

Gelder, D. V. Lighting of interurban cars, c 41

Gerhardt, P. W. Psychological tests for motor- men, c 1046

Scientific selection of employees, 943, *996

Gibbs, George. L onstructiou and operating de- tails of Philadelphia electrification, 203

Gillette, E. S. Power saving in car operation, 732

Gonzenbach, Ernest. Electric railway and the

automobile, 75 Goodyer, T. B. Motor buses in London, c 218 Gove, W. G. Standards should cheapen cost,

c 612

Steel wheels and rail corrugation, c 319

Graham, J. N. Reclaiming worn button-end axles, *89

Green, Alfred. Progress in car equipment lubri- cation, *819 Greene, Finley H. Traffic circulars, *351 Griffin, Tames P. Developing interurban traffic,

993

Grimshaw, F. G. Operation of Philadelphia-

Paoli electrification, *68l Gross, I. W. Return feeder system of the In-

terborough Rapid Transit Co., *160 Guernsey, Nathaniel T. Principles of railway

valuation, 249

Hall, A. J. Liquid rheostat in locomotive serv- ice, *313

Haller, W. A. Construction and equipment de- tails for one-man car in Tucson, *21 Ham, W. F. Amendments to the Constitution,

c 366

Hamilton, W. S. Express cars in city service, 219

Hanna, J. A. Delivery of cars during 1916, c 219

Harries, George H. General staff considering electric railways in preparedness plans, c 41

Harrington, W. C. Near-side stop, 169 Harrison, R. H. The Public Service repair shops, 272

Harte, Charles R. Overhead construction — Tools, specifications and tests, *534

Harvey, A. E. Cause of rail corrugation elu- sive, c 319

• Experience with bolted flange-bearings in

Kansas City, Mo., *1050 Harvie, William J. Methods of fare collection,

449

Hathaway, E. C. First company publication, 407

Hawley, Cornell S. Delivery of cars during 1916, 172

Relation between electric railway men- and

manufacturers, 202

Hecker, G. C. Recent railway substation, I, Gen- eral features, *1093

II, Switchboard design and distribution fea- tures, *1146

Heindle, W. A. Training platform men, 954

Hellmund, R. E. Mechanics of railway motors, 860

(Abbreviations: * Illustrated, c Correspondence.)

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Hemming, R. N. Some car ventilation ideas, 1049

Henriques, J. C, Power plant inventory, *616 Henry, Charles L. Open letter to A. E. R. A.

and A. E. R. M. A., 317 President's address, Central Electric Rail- way Association, 402

What the electric railway wants, 244

Hershberger, D. C. Railway motor field control, *1178

Hershey, Q. VV. Induction motors on Norfolk

& Western, 453 Hixon, L. T. Department expense statements,

M176

Howard, R. M. Feeder protection by automatic

current limitation, *603 Two years' experience with one-man cars,

601

Insull, Samuel. Comments on public utility com- missions, 950

Johnson, H. A. Energy savings with roller bear- ings, 1127

Tests of field-control motors, 1183

Value of instruction on ( hicago Elevated

Railways, *687

Kealy, Philip J. What constitutes utility value? 267

Keen, C. G. Track rehabilitation in Springfield, Ohio, *134

Knox, George W. Partial one-man car service in Oklahoma City, 24

Koehler, C. H. Energy-input method of de- termining motormen s efficiencies, c *367

Lamb, O. S. Selection and training of train- men, 900

Lanphier, R. C. Use of current and power

measuring instruments, 687 Lawson, George. Selection of employees, c 1046 Layng, J. F. Car operating efficiency, *690 Leavitt, K. D. Grinding commutators at Evans-

ville, Ind., *788 Lewis, A. P. Firing with gas at Elyria power

station, *1095

New transformer house at Elyria, O., *1193

Lister, F. G. Flange oiler for reducing curve

friction on interurban railways, *700

Oil-burning sand dryer, *503

Lloyd, H. M. Series-parallel switch on line car,

M61

Simple ' method of graphically determining

air-brake leverage, *370 Locher, D. R. Practicability and operation of

one-man cars, 946

Maize, F. P. Planning and efficiency system in Portland, Ore., shops, *539

Portland weed burner, 47

McCollum, Burton. Electrolysis with unfre- quently reversed currents, 563

McGrath, D. J. Determining the actual length of ride, *595

■ Return on Massachusetts investments, *256

McHenry, E. H. Some aspects of heavy elec- tric traction, 26

McKelway, G. H. Contact for portable welding machine, *568

Freeing manholes of gas, *44

-Locating and wiring crossovers, 324

McLean, George. Theory of public utility fran- chises, 899

Mcl.eod, Frederick J. Massachusetts regulation,

651

McWhirter, J. S. Causes of rail corrugation,

c 87

Metcalfe, A. C. Results obtained with roller

bearings on interurban cars, "865 Moore, W. E. One-man, light-weight cars, 953 Mortimer, J. D. Rate of return on railway capital, 253

Mullaney, T. F. Causes of rail corrugation, c 216

Murrin, W. G. Emergency snow-fighting equipment, *658

Nash, L. R, Cost of operation in Cleveland, 455

Economies of the jitney, 1184

Nees, W. E. One man pole hoisting machine, *614

Transporting poles with automobile and

dolly, *463

Overman, W. J. Adjustment of drum controller fingers, *276

Palmblade, K. F. Paving street railway tracks, 304

Palmer, R. W. Light-weight interurban cars, *656

Reclaiming GE-57 motors, *132

Semi-vent. lation of GE-57 motors, *223

Palmer, W. K. Inexpensive steel pole line, *702 Parsons, R. H. Devices for protecting arma- tures, * 1 19 1

Gage for adjustment of controller fingers,

*615

Hints on compressor maintenance, * 1 76

Small heat-retaining soldering iron, *507

Patterson, Francis D. Physical examination for

employees, 908 Pellissier, G. E. Causes of rail corrugation,

c 41, c 320

Perkins, R. W. Copper zones in Norwich,

Conn., c *567 Phillips, F. R. Engineering manual, 907 Pierce, D. T. Asphaltic concrete pavements,

1051

Potter, R. R. Steel tire removal, *1006 Potter, W. B. Car-operation efficiency, c 218 Pringle, P. J. Improved one-man operation in

Australia, c 172 Putnam, H. S. Car operation efficiency, c 654

Ransom, E. D. Controller maintenance, * 70 1

Maintenance of controller handle bushings,

*961

Maintenance of motor leads, *1 194

' Portable testing apparatus arranged for one- man operation, *825

Ray, Thomas B. Durability of electrically welded resistance grids, c 407

Repairing electric locomotive resistance

grids, *322

Reid, Arthur. Pay-as-you-enter cars recon- structed for one-man operation, *24

Reilly, P. T. Rush-hour traffic, 952

Keinke, A. Otto. Lamp trolley for carhouse, *867

Renshaw, Clarence. 1 1 igh-voltage d. c. railway

practice, 777 Roberts, G. R. W. Trolley lighting scheme for

paint shops, *410 Universal coil winding machine, *866

Sanborn, John B. Utility legislation in Wis- consin, 648 Sanow, N. L. Ladder track design, *827 Sayers, Henry M. A Study of rail corrugation, *786

Schlesinger, A. Line crews maintain T. H.. I. &

E. light signals, *45 Schwarz, A. Storeroom systems, 1174 See, P. V. Modern shop methods, 405 Seely, G. T. Economy of power consumption

in car operation, *6S8 Shepard, E. R. Construction and maintenance

of rail joints and bonds, 461 Shepard, F. H. Considerations in railway power

distribution, 29

Electric locomotive drives, * 1 085

Sherwood, E. C. Automatically operated track

cleaner, *659 Combined conductor's seat and register-oper- ating mechanism, * 1 74 Skelley, F. V. Saving power with watt-hour

meters, *813 Smaw, W. H. Inefficient mailing lists, c 460 Smith, George Oliver. Satisfactory equipment

for air-brake instruction, * 32 1 Smith, J. R. Maintenance of GE-800 motors,

*1095

Spangler, Ludwig. Stepless double-deck car in- troduced in Vienna, *1030

Spellman, J. N. New interurban and work cars for K. C, C. C. & St. J. Ry., *1098

(Abbreviations: "Illustrated, c Correspondence.

Squier, Q VV. Defects in multiple-unit control

equipment, *738 Equipment defects — Connection boards,

frames and covers, *221 Stichter, R. B. One-man car operation in

Waco, Tex., 25 Storer, N. W. Electrification of transportation

lines, 168

Stott, Henry G. Power generation for electric railways, * 1 1 70

Strong, Elmer E. Skip-stops for rush-hour serv- ice, 17

Sullivan, J. V. Skip-stops and schedule speed, 18 Sundmaker, J. H. Track life extended three

years by electric welding, *789 Sutherland, John. Inspection and maintenance.

901

Tanis, G. B. Insulation and phasing test panel, *828

— Prevention of draw-bridge accidents, *1007

Taurman, A. Mechanical door and step operat- ing device for center-entrance cars, *1008 Thompson, A. H. Reclaiming worn button-end axles, *788

Thompson, C. E. Energy saving, Results on Chi- cago & Milwaukee Elec. R. R., 687

Thorne, Clifford. Adequate return on invest- ment, c 567

Tinnon, J. B. Use of ampere-hour meter and results obtained, 689

Tinsley, A. M. One-man cars, Cape Girardeau- Jackson Int. Ry., 20

Twyford, H. B. "Transmission losses" in pur- chasing department, "1091

Underwood, Oscar W. Railways and government regulation, 247

Vail, Theodore N. Dangers of utility regulation, 646

V ander Veer, J. H. Maintenance costs of coast- ing recorders, c 172

Vincent, J. C. Overhead construction on the Twin City lines, *222

Voth, W. B. Results obtained with roller bear- ings on interurban cars, *865

"Vulcan" Friction in Trolley Bases, * 1 74

Waggoner, J. W. One-man car operation satis- factory to patrons, 2S

Waite, H. M. Commission-Manager government and its relation to utilities, 452

Walker, Kenneth C. Safety-first exhibit in New Haven, *358

Wardle, J. D. Successful under-water coal storage, *1191

Waters, W. T. Saturdav Evening Post answered, c 502

Watters, Burr S. Special track-layouts made in- terchangeable, *864

"Way Engineer." Reclaiming broken track tools, 615

Wayne, J. E. Freight and express service and

mail service rates, 956 Weston, George. Elements of utility valuation,

265

Will, F. W. Manners make the (platform) man, c 781

Williams, T. S. Uncertainty of utility valuation. 254

Willcox, Orlando B. Competition with other in- vestments, 260 Wilson, A. M. Co-operative education in elec- tric railway work, *724 Wilson, Paul E. Skip-stop in Cleveland, *15 Wood, B. F. Economy of higher speeds, 13 Wood, F. E. Building up profitable freight traffic *486

Features of freight operation on the L., A.

& W. St. Ry., c *1190 Woods, Carl F. Protection of car finishes, 91 Wright, Thomas A. President's address, Penn- sylvania Association, 906 Wynne, F. E. Car operation efficiency, c 173

Operation, Norfolk & Western Ry. *311

Tripping of circuit-breakers with cars de- scending grades, c 654

Young, H. W. Outdoor substations, *647

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PERSONAL

Abercrombie, D. P., Jr., 336, 385

Ahearn, J. M., 930

Albin, H. A., 1021

Aldred, J. E., 336

Alexander, Joseph H., 236

Allen, E. C, 1022

Alspach, F. A.. 930

Anderson, VV. B., 1021

Arnold, Bion T., 236, 842, 1065

Arthur, Harry A., 1208

Ashenfelter, H. M., 630

Atchison, Clyde B., 802

Atchley, E. B., 425

Atwood, W. B., *630

Austin, John B., Jr., 802

Bacon, George W., 385 Baker, C. Dwight, 802 Baker, Edwin EL, *520 Bailey, C. Sims, 584 Baldwin, A. S., 673 Baldwin, George J., 106 Baltzer, A., 929 Barton. Enos M., 931 Batchelor, Charles Harper, 930 Bates, John S., 425 Bauer, John, 1065 Beamer, C. I., 148 Beatty, Pakenham W., 672 Beeler, John A., 63 Beggs, John I., 385 Bell, Charles D., 336 Bemis, A. T., 337 Benham, Albert, M79 Berg, Fred A., 756 Black, Charles N., *930, 1112 Blackball, J. R., 237, 425, 629, 842 Blackington, C. W., 336 Blaser, Arthur, 148, 191 Bogges, S. E., 1208 Boileau, W. E., 1065 Bowden, T. H., 1208 Boyd, Robert W., 236 Boynton, B. .F., 425 Briggs, Frank S., 63 Br.nckerhoff, Henry M., *426 Brooks, F. W., *190, 1065 Broome, S. P., 426 Brown, Arthur, 1112 Brown, C. Elmer, 336 Brown, Harry H'., 191 Brown, Lewis F., 148 Brown, Walter M., 1065, 1160 Brownell, H. L., M26 Bump, Milan R., 1112 Butler, H. O., 106, *190 Butman, George A., 1208

Cadwell, R. L., 148 Callahan, T. J., 882 Cameron, Dwight F., 107 Campbell, R. B., 190 Chapel, William H„ 883 Carley, R. F., 148, *237 Carll, David S., 148, 190 Carr, E. M., 1112 Carr, W. Frank, 584 Carson, George, 63, 1160 Carson, W. A., 149 Catherman, John, 672 Chapman, C. T., 385 Charles, Mavon G., 672, 756 Cherry, T. C 1022, *1 1 12 Chisholm, William, 756 Clark, C. rence Howard, Jr., 149 Clark, R. J., 521 Cleland, H. E., 148 Cleveland, John A., 148 Clough, D. I., 672, 930 Connette, E. G., 63 Cook, Charles E., 931 Cooley, Charles E., 1208 Cooper, Harrv L., 191 .Corrigan, John T., 929 County, A. T., 629 Cowan, T. G., 190 Crane, Harold A., 292 Crawford, Tohn B., 629 Crawford, N. McD., 629 Curee, W. T., 672 Cusfer, Ludwig Talbot, 107

Daggett, Leonard M., 63 Dalgleish, R. H., 236 Davis, Edward J., 1066 Dawson, Richard, 148 Day, Louis M., 63 Deahl, Anthony, 882 Decker, E. W., 236 De Long, Frank P., 756 Dempsey, T. J., 336 Derge, F. J., 1112 Dickson, John, 1160 Dinsmore, W. H., 717, 802 Donald, J. C, 1160 Donaldson, W. B.. 63 Dowman, Harrv W., 190

Drew, L. E., 1208 Dutfer, Charles, 1112 Duke, Curtis, 756 Duncan. Louis, 385 Dutton, A. N., 1065

Eaton, Frank Heber, 293 Eaton, T. M., 929 Eaves, j. E., 148 Eckman, F. C, 929 Edbauer. Tohn, 629 Eddy, H. C, 478 Edmunds, Frank, 292 Edwards, Allan F., 336 Egan, Tohn M., *293 Egan, Louis H., 292 Ehrke, E. W., 1065 Ellingwood, Walter P., 1022 Ely, Van Horn, 148, 425 Erickson, Halford, *882 Eshleman, Tohn M., 479 Evans, H. H., 521 Evans, M. D., 63 Eysenbach, E. E., 717

Faithorn, H. C, 478

Fallon, B. J., 63

Fears, E., 842

Fisher, F. E., 629

Fisher, Frank R., 1065

Fligg, Horace, 1021

Floy, Henry, 931

Flovd, Charles A., 930

Fogg, Forrest G., 802

Foushee, Howard A., 337

Francisco, Ferris Le Roy, "1208

Freeman, Manfred. 106

Frueauff, Frank W., 292

Furlong, A. D., 148

Garnsey, L. T., 479 Gayley, Oliver C, 149 Geer, Garrow T., 802 Gent, L. W., 148 Genung, H. A., 717. 802 Gibson, Tames E., 673, *756 Gilfillian, George A., 630 Goldmark, Godfrey, 106 Gonzenbach, Ernest, 1112 Goodman, Edward Harris, 521 Gravson, W. W., 629 Gribbel, John, 148 Griffith, Franklin T., 756 Grinnell, Lawrence I., 1208

Hall, W. R., 672

Ham, William F., 148

Hamilton, F. M., 63

Hammond, Tames R., 1112

Hanna, John H., 148, *191

Hannaford, Foster, 106

Harkness, Le Rov T., 929

Harlev, George B.. 883

Harley, H. E., 929

Harrington, William C, 672, *756

Hartwell, Harry, 292

Harvev, Julien H., 672

Haseltine, W. E., *629

Hazelton, Charles W., 336

Haworth, James G., 977

Heinemann, W. F., 1160

Henderson, Ralph M., 336

Henley. Clarence A., 292

Henson, G. A., 756

Herrmann, L. Edward. 584

Hervey, Charles S., 292

Heun, W. H., 842

Hill, W. V., 882, *930

Hine, Edward W., 1208

Hoag, Clifton A., 882

Hodge, Henry W„ 107

Hoff, Almoth W., 717

Hoist, E. W., *584, 1022

Hornstein, Fred C, 1021

Hough, Willard Parker, 931

Howe, C. L., 929

Higgins, R. T., 426

Hilton, Tames, 717

Hill, E.' W., 478

Holtzclaw. T. G.. 1112

Hullett. Tames, 1160

Hunzicke'r, W. W., 236

Hurt, Henry, 237

Hutchins, J. C, *1066

Inglis, Malcolm M., 629

Ingalls, Percy, 1208 Ireland, L. G., 977 Irvine, Frank, 148, 292 Irwin, Howard W., *1022 Irwin, T. K., 385

Tames, George P., 425 Jenkins, Charles E., 292

Tenkins, George O., 756 Tenks, C. O., 1065 Tohnston, E. C, 425 Tones, J. P., 584 "Jones, Robert M., 584

Kealy, Philip J., 337, 1208 Keyes, Marion H., 1022 King, Clarence P., 148 Klemm, K. D., 236 Kretz, C. H., 1160 Krug, Frank S., 292 Kuchman, Otto., 1112

Laird, Phillip D., 1021 Lake, Edward N., 930 Lang, George W., 584, 629 Lathrop, L. H., 977 Lee, J. W., Jr., 882 Leighton, Edward L., 521 Leonard, C. A., 929 Le Tourneau, E. H., 584, 672 Leversuch, F. T., 336 Levinson, L. M., 148, 1208 Lightbody, Tames, 802 Lillie, E. E., 1065 Lindars, Frederick W., 1208 Lindsev, R. L., 425, M79 Linn, M. G., 977 Longino, B. T., 802 Louy, Matt, 1208 Lowe, W. W., 385 Lowry, Horace, *237 Lucas, John H., 842

McConnell, Max J. B., 977

McDougall, R. E., 292

McKee, R., 1112

McKenna, John A., 336

McMeen, S. G., 756

McMurray, Edwin T., 106

McRae, Alexander, 426

McWhorter, A. D., 336, 385

MacBroom, Lynn R., 63

Macdonald J. J., 717

Maggard, Edward Harris, 106, 190

Maier, Otto T., 107

Maltbie, Milo R., 930

Manley, G. W., 1112

Marsh, C. M., 629

Martinez, E. D., 337, 385

Mason, William W., 149

Merz, T. T., 977

Metcalf", Harold G., 929

Meyer, B. H„ 717

Meyer, G. T., 756

Miller, A. A., 385

Miller, Frank H., 478

Miller, George E., 479

Miller, W. C, 977

Moore, A. M., 148

Moore, Douglas C, 190

Moore, R. A., 929, 1065

Moses, Rufus, 1160

Mountney, H. L., 1065

Murphy, Charles J., 882

Nelson, J. C, 929 Newman, Leroy L., 521 Norris, William, 584

Oppenheimer, I. L., 630 Orr, James, 929 Ostrander, Charles C, 63

Palmblade, R. F., 977 Palmer, Louis H., 717, 929 Palmer, R. W., *1209 Pardee^ T. H., 385 Paul, G. J. A., 426 Payne, George Henry, 717 Pearson, E. J., 629 Penington, Thomas C, 426 Peterson, C, 929 Pevear, J. S., 584 Phillips, Wilford, 425, 977 Pierce, F. E., 336 Pilcher, N. C, 1066 Poole, Stephen Kendall, 883 Porter, C. D., 1112 Prather, H. C, 190 Price, D. D., 292 Purvis, Allan, 977

Quackenbush, George, 1021 Quinan, George S-, 425

Read, C. H., 478 Reed, C. S., 425 Read, T. M., 717 Read, William A., 756 Reynolds, Charles A., 1208 Rhoads, N. B., 237 Richards, J. E., 584 Richardson, G. A., 425 Rivers-Wilson, Sir Charles, 584 Roach, G. F., 717 Robinson, Frank N., 882 Robinson, James B., 426 Rockwell, William B., 883 Ross, David S., 1065 Ruff, Charles, 802 Rugg, Julius E., 883

Sallee, John D., 1160 Samuel, Tames W., 425 Sanders, Fielder, 106, 148 Sanford, Lewis C, 978 Scott, J. D., 584 Seaborn, E. J., 929 Seagrave, Frank E., 1209 Sears, E., 1021 Shannahan, J. N., 236. 1112 Shockev, George W., 292 Skinner, J. C, 584 Slater, F. R., 478, *1022 Snyder, D. W., Jr., 977 Sommer, Frank H., 479 Sooy, Arthur H., 1208 Speer, W. R., 672 Sprague, Frank J., 148, 802 Spring, Edward C., *630 Stanley, William, 978 Sterling, Toseph R., 842 Stevens, £. D., 629 Stevens, Frederick O, 584 Stevenson, C. G., 584 Stewart, Alonson E., 673 Stone, Arthur E., 1208 Storey, W. W., 1065 Storrs, G. S., 1112 Sullivan, Richard T., 756, *842 Swartz, A., 1112 Sutherland, G. G., 337 Sylvester, Carl, 63

Tavlor, A. Merritt, 106 Teagarden, D. B., 425 Thatcher, M. D., 479 Thompson, Tames Sweeney, 479 Toll, Roger' W., 478 Towner, George E., 190 Truesdale, Ralph E.. 292 Trumbower, Henrv W., 1065 Turner, Richard R., 237 Turner, Thomas H., 236 Turner, W. F., 1208 Twining, William S., *337

Vogel, Fred A., 478

von Culin, Elon, 292

von Phul, William, 1021, *1066

Vreeland, Herbert H., 1065

Walker, Howard, 385

Walker, Tames B., 672

Wallace, Thomas A., 236

Wallace, William, 883

Washburn, Frank S., 717

Weir, James L., 478

Weitzel, E. W., 1065

Wells, C. B., *S42

Wentz, Walton M., 883

West, C. C, 1208

West, Edward A., 236, 478, *521

Whitney, Travis H., 292, 337

Wickersham, N., 1065

Wickham, Thomas F., 629

Wilkerson, A. W., 148

Williams, George V. S., 63

Wilson, George W., 336

Wiltsie, N. S., 717

Winters, Cyrus B., 1209

Witt, Peter, 148, 882

Wood, Clark Verner, *630

Wood, T. M., 977

Wood, Robert Colgate, 106

Wood, W. E., 802

Wood, W. H., 842

Wnodcpck, F. S., 756

Woodside, George D., 191

Wurdack, Hugo. 1021

Wyman, Tohn W.. 931

Wyson, W. W., 292

Whitcomb, G. H., 385

White, M., 1065

Whitney, George G., 931

Whitridge, F. W., 1065

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Vol. XL VII

NEW YORK SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1916

No. 1

The statistical and outlook features of this special num ber of the Electric Railway Journal have three objects: They aim ( 1 J to present a summary of 1915 electric railway facts; ( 2) to inter- pret these facts in the light of present knowledge, and ( 3) to suggest the probable lines of progress in the immediate future.

1915 A BUSY From the editorial point of view

YEAR FOR ^he pas{. year presented many in-

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terestmg problems emphasizing

the newspaper character of the Electric Railway Journal. Take the rise of the jitney, for example. As soon as it appeared on the Pacific Coast like a cloud no bigger than a man's hand, the editors detected the coming storm and began to warn the industry. Jitney news and special articles received prominent positions from the start, and no trouble or expense was spared to render the service effective. Special emphasis was laid on the economic phases of the jitney. The San Francisco convention issues are worthy of mention also. A special pre-convention issue was prepared to portray the electric traction situation in the West. Reporting the convention required a division of the editorial staff and a close co-ordination of effort to permit the mailing on Saturday in New York of a full report of the proceed- ings up to and including those on Friday, with a differ- ence in time of three hours in the wrong direction. The proceedings and abstracts of some papers were tele- graphed, and with the hearty co-operation of the asso- ciation officers the program went through on schedule. Other conventions, including the mid-winter meeting of the association in Washington and a number of State and sectional meetings, were handled on a newspaper basis also. Realizing the importance of getting reports of association activities to the industry while they have news value, the Journal segregated American Associa- tion news and provided for the immediate publication, in complete but condensed style, of every significant event. Among the other many important events re- ported during the past year were the Chicago smoke abatement and terminal electrification commission re- port, the report of the Bureau of the Census on street and electric railways, those of many commission and arbitration board rulings, several important steam rail- road electrifications and other notable developments in the field of electric railway operation.

THE UPKEEP The pages of the two volumes of

OF the the electric Railway Journal

ROLLING STOCK published during 1915 afford an unusual opportunity for master mechanics each to learn what the others have been doing, for never before have so many contributed the results of their efforts to our col- umns. The routine of shop work is more or less monot- onous, but there is plenty of interesting development to keep the wide-awake man out of the ruts. The most inter- esting of these developments eventually take form in the reports of the Engineering Association committee on equipment which has recently given special attention to axles, gears and pinions, steel wheels and air-brake hose. The past year was an economy year, shortage of funds for new equipment furnishing a stimulus for the re- habilitation of equipment on hand. A number of men have told how they repaired motors of old types for the purpose of reducing maintenance costs. It is an inter- esting problem to determine just when it pays to scrap old motors to secure the benefits of improvements in design and manufacture, but there isb'no question as to the importance of making the most of those in use. Hard service brings out inherent weaknesses in design and construction, and ingenuity points the way for their elimination. The series of articles on equipment de- fects, by C. W. Squier, printed in Vol. XLV, is an epitome of the kind of work in our line which is being done by alert master mechanics. The work of inspec- tion and "rejuvenation" is facilitated by the design of the modern car shop. A number of mechanical depart- ments have been fortunate in being newly housed re- cently. We have selected for description during the past year, as typical of good practice, the new shops in Cleveland, Ohio; Springfield, Ohio; Holyoke, Mass., and Monroe, Tex. ; and those of the Mesaba Railway on the frontier of Minnesota. While these cover a wide range in size, equipment and location, they all show a pur- pose to provide comfortable working quarters and to arrange mechanical appliances to minimize labor costs.

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The General Staff and the Electric Railways

THE interesting information comes from Gen. George H. Harries that the General Staff of the United States Army is considering the possibilities of using the electric railways of the country for the transportation of troops and supplies in case of war and that with this end in view it has now practically decided to have a complete survey of all the electric railway lines made. There is no doubt, as we pointed out in our issue of Nov. 20, that the electric railway lines of the country, especially those along the coast, possess great strategic advantages and that a tabulation of the routes, running times, power capacities, supply of rolling stock and data on clearances and other necessary information

about interconnections would be very helpful for the movement of troops and supplies. The plan of utilizing the electric railways in this way has been indorsed in the columns of this journal by Major-Gen. William A. Bancroft, of the Boston Elevated Railway, and by Dr. Louis Bell, who took an active part in the engineer- ing corps organized to look after the defenses in Boston during the Spanish war, so that the interest in the plan by the General Staff of the Army is not unexpected. In supplying the information required at Washington, the electric railway companies of the country have a patriotic duty which we know they will cheerfully perform.

Chief Features of 1915 Electric Railway Statistics

AN analysis of our annual rolling stock and track statistical tables, published elsewhere in this issue, shows the year 1915 to be unusual in three significant respects. In the first place, there was a marked depres- sion in the electric railway business for the first three quarters of the year, a condition which is reflected by the 10 per cent falling off in total rolling stock orders and 11 per cent decrease in mileage of new track placed in operation, as compared with the previous year. The reduction is general in character, as may be shown from several angles of analysis, i.e., as regards number of city, interurban, or miscellaneous cars ordered, mileage of new city or interurban track and number of com- panies ordering cars or building track. A reduction in mileage is likewise shown for all the regularly classified geographical groups of States except the Western group, where a large and increased amount of new in- terurban line is shown owing to the completion of a few individual projects in Utah, Kansas, Oregon and Okla- homa.

This slump in railway orders, however, is qualified by two compensating facts of significance. One is that the total rolling stock decrease is not characteristic of the last two months. During this latter period, pur- chasing activity revived to the extent that our rolling stock columns recorded orders for 739 cars as against

only 172 during the same period in 1914. It is only fair to credit part of this revival to the current inclina- tion among many railway companies to order their next summer's car equipment in advance of the usual buying season for the purpose of allowing for tardy deliveries, owing to the present overcrowding of manufacturing plants with war orders. Even neglecting this consider- ation, however, the rolling stock orders of the last two months are well in excess of any two heavy buying months of the preceding year, and there still remain a large number of railways which have not yet prepared their budgets for the ensuing year. In regard to the second compensating fact, although the track building business seemed threatened with starvation, there was a corresponding increase in mileage of electrified steam railroads placed in operation, so that the total mileage of track newly placed in electric operation is about the average for the last four years. This electrified mile- age, it is interesting to note, is almost 100 per cent in excess of any other similar annual figure. Thus, while the city and interurban electric railways practi- cally ceased new construction, initial electric service was inaugurated on three main-line sections of impor- tant trunk-line railroads, and operation was begun or extended on four other lines, as shown in detail on the statistical pages.

Refinements Mark 1915 Track Development

CONSTRUCTION, maintenance and renewals of track in paved streets have commanded unusual attention on the part of way engineers in the year just passed. Interest in track materials of all kinds also has not lagged. The way committee of the American Electric Railway Engineering Association, through its recommended standards for track construction and special work, has done much to crystallize opinion in these two departments. Standards and specifications for splice bars and rails were adopted by the associa- tion some time ago so that the track structure, so far as the way committee is concerned, is pretty well stand- ardized. The difficulty now appears to be to interest

engineers sufficiently to make them use these specifica- tions and standards. Many continue to exercise their Drerogatives and persist in incorporating their indi- vidual ideas in new track designs. Whether, as time goes on, there will be a gradual leaning toward the more general use of the approved standards is difficult to predict. Many arguments have been presented in favor of adhering to these standards which, we believe, repre- sent the best engineering practice, but so far they have availed little. Dollars and cents arguments are the kind that convince the average railway engineer, and it appears that little progress will be made until it can be shown that a longer life at a lower unit cost can be

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obtained by using a recommended standard, adopted after exhaustive study, than from a design that repre- sents an individual's ideas.

Little or no new development in track foundation de- signs or construction methods has come to light recently. Ballasted construction predominates, and there is an increasing demand for the construction con- sisting of a concrete slab with a sand or crushed-stone ballasted cushion beneath the ties. In some instances this slab construction has conformed to the standard recommended by the way committee, and the track slab joins the concrete foundation supporting the pavement. In other designs, only a flat slab has been provided which leaves the edges of the ballast cushion exposed to drainage from the sub-soil beneath the adjoining pavement. Foundation construction of this kind is quite certain to develop defects which will not obtain in those types in which the cushion is completely con- fined.

Concrete-beam track construction, which to all in- tents and purposes has been a failure in America, still has some advocates and, in fact, has given good service in some localities. A modified type of beam construc- tion has been designed and installed by the Southern Public Utilities Company at Anderson, S. C. The pro- vision of additional bearing area beneath the rail base as a preventive against concrete failure, extra rein- forcement at the joints and wooden washers to com- press under load to make up for shrinkage in the con- crete are features which should improve the results obtained from this type of construction. While the beam type of construction, or track laid on a concrete slab without cross-ties other than enough to serve as anchorages, has been unsatisfactory in this country, it has been used successfully in Europe for a great many years. In fact, a large part of the English track con- struction is laid in this manner, but special provision has been made against failure of the concrete beneath the rail base. Absolute rigidity in track construction seems to be the acme of perfection in the minds of the English tramway engineers, whereas American way engineers have concluded that some flexibility is neces- sary to prolong life and reduce track and rolling stock maintenance to a minimum.

Doubtless the most marked development in the track structure has been the return to the more general use of steel ties. While Brooklyn reports that 18.6 years' use made less than 40 per cent of the long-leaf yellow pine ties useless for further service, and treated and untreated hardwood ties have been reported as giving a service life even longer than this, the indestructibility of the steel tie in many soils has been a strong argu- ment in its favor. At the beginning of the European war, there appeared to be some possibility that the scarcity of creosote would restrict the use of creosoted ties, but American producers have adjusted themselves to the situation and have practically supplied the de- mand. The price of hardwood ties has advanced ma- terially, but this alone was not responsible for the in- creased demand for steel ties. When the steel tie was redesigned to embody the flexibility offered by wooden

ties and to supply a sufficient bearing area to prevent destruction of the concrete through abrasion and at the same time could be sold at a reasonable price, it over- came the objections to former designs and its popularity in street railway track was a foregone conclusion. The principle of one form of the steel ties has also been adapted to the foundation supports of steam and elec- tric railway crossings, where it is giving an excellent account of itself.

Taking up now the subject of pavement, it is un- doubtedly the source of more friction with municipal authorities than any other part of the track construc- tion, just as its cost of maintenance is increasing more rapidly than that of any other single item in the track. If the expense of the pavement, which is the heritage of horse car days, could be removed from the electric railway plant cost, it would, in a measure, make up for the diminishing returns due to longer average hauls. Granite block ranks first in the minds of way engineers as a material for paving the track allowance on heavy traffic streets, and treated wood block and brick come next in favor where the traffic is lighter. A compara- tively new development in pavement construction that has attracted the attention of not only way engineers but the whole pavement industry is the substitution of a mortar or dry sand and cement mixture for the sand cushion now so generally used. An examination of pavements in service reveals the fact that the presence of the sand cushion has been the source of more pave- ment failures, perhaps, than the traffic that moves over the surface. The mortar cushion obviates most of these difficulties, as has been shown by the experience of more than ten years on some properties, and without doubt but few progressive way engineers will use anything but this type of cushion in their future pavement con- struction.

Labor-saving tools, including electrically-operated cranes and shovels, concrete mixers, rail grinders and drills have replaced hand tools, and it seems very prob- able that the pneumatic tamper, recently introduced on steam roads, will replace the tamping bars and picks on electric railways. While the difficulty of obtaining good labor has been a factor in forcing the introduction of labor-saving machines, reduction in construction costs as well as speeding up operations have been the real cause of their general adoption. Wherever street widths and construction conditions will permit, dump cars of vari- ous sizes have also replaced teams and wagons and ef- fected considerable savings. Experience has also shown that the best quality of track construction is obtained on force account rather than by contract, hence most companies have fitted themselves with full construction and maintenance equipment. In other words, most way engineers realize their responsibilities and exercise ex- traordinary diligence in the selection and installation of track materials.

Rails and special work, of course, are an essential part of track construction, but the problems in connection with them are of such great importance that they will be considered in a separate article, appearing on the following page.

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The Problems in Ra

WE have referred briefly in the general editorial on track construction to the question of stand- ards in rails and special work and to the action of the association thereon, but there are other questions in connection with both of these subjects which demand treatment in any general review. One of these is the matter of rail composition and method of manufacture, and in that connection reference should be made to titanium treatment, which as a means of insuring uni- formity in the chemical analysis of the metal, is being quite generally specified. The announcement that vanadium steel for rails had sucessfully passed the laboratory and strength of materials tests also indi- cates that the use of this alloy, which has been so suc- cessful in other fields, may also become an important factor in the manufacture of track rails. Greater hard- ness as a preventive against rail corrugation seems to afford at least a partial remedy, and reports indicate that vanadium steel furnishes this desired quality and, at the same time, increases the elastic limit. Mayari steel rails also were laid for the first time in Worcester, Mass., in 1915. This is a nickel-chromium composition concerning which W. C. Cushing's report on special steels to the International Railway Congress Associa- tion, spoke so favorably. In design, there has been progress in the theory that the shape of the rail has a good deal to do with the problem which has been so elusive up to this time, that of corrugation. Further developments in this direction would be welcome.

If the demand for welded and riveted joints con- tinues to grow, it appears to be but a question of time until use of the strictly mechanical joint for sub-sur- face track construction will become an obsolete prac- tice. The various forms of welded and riveted joints now being used have proved beyond question the many advantages which can only be obtained with this form of construction. Joint life largely measures the rate of track depreciation, hence, security in this particular is certain to reduce maintenance costs. Fortunately for the industry the cost of the various types of special joints is somewhat lower than formerly, a condition perhaps largely due to the increased demand. On the other hand, the fact that the welded and riveted joints greatly diminish difficulties at this point in the track has made higher first cost less of an obstacle barring the way to their general adoption. Portable welding outfits which can be purchased at a reasonable cost, have put electric-welded joints within the reach of every electric railway property, and they have been largely responsible for the increased demand for joints of this type.

On larger properties, where the outfit necessary to install cast-welded joints can be afforded, it is be- ing used very successfully. Many years of service have demonstrated beyond a doubt that objections to the cast- welded joints have been largely theoretical and that the percentage of joint failures is relatively small. Where a large number of joints are to be installed the Lorain

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electric welds continue to be used while the Thermit process continues to be popular, especially on account of its convenience. Other special riveted and welded joints are being installed locally but have not obtained wide popularity.

At the outbreak of the European war some fear was expressed that the manufacturers of special work would suffer thereby through a lack of ferromanganese, but this has not proved to be the case to any appreciable extent. Recent service records indicate that improve- ments in foundry practice and heat treatment have over- come many of the difficulties inherent in the earlier manganese steel crossings, and more uniform results are being obtained. Some changes in design were necessary to accomplish this end and, perhaps, the most advanced step taken has been the introduction of stand- ard specifications for the manufacture of manganese steel special work. These specify not only the chemical analysis and finish but recommend design limitations which will insure increased serviceability in manganese steel special work. Some difficulties at present appear to be insurmountable, namely, the complete elimination of segregation, but a rearrangement of the supporting webs has removed this weakness from the crucial points of crossings, thus insuring a longer wear life.

Special-work experience on the Pacific Coast which was described in detail on page 576 of the March 20, 1915, issue of the Electric Railway Journal, bears out the results of our investigations of this subject and shows that the same difficulties have been experienced throughout the country. However, the hope is held out that the improvements pertaining to the more recent designs will overcome many of these objections. Insert special work, particularly that where the plate is set on a spelter bed, was found objectionable, because it was practically impossible to reset the loose inserts securely in the field. The general tendency appears to be that the demand for inserts set on partially or com- pletely machined bearings is on the increase, and we confidently predict that in the course of the next few years only that type of construction will be sold to roads where dense, heavy traffic obtains.

Another phase of special work design which has at- tracted much attention during the past year has been the question of providing a flange bearing. Experi- ence with this type of construction in Kansas City, Mo., indicates that the objections to a shallow flangeway are only theoretical, and that even the chilled-iron wheel does not develop chipped flanges in operating over flange-bearing crossings. On the other hand, the elimi- nation of the heavy blows struck at track intersections not only prolongs the life of the crossing and the sup- porting structure, but removes the cause of numerous incipient defects that develop in the rolling stock. Provisions for flange bearings and the rate of incline in the approach to a flange bearing were included in the specifications for special work adopted at the San Francisco convention.

January 1, 1916]

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Changes in the

AS was to be expected in an "off" electric railway year the power plant was not the scene of any sensa- tional development during 1915. Nevertheless the year was one of substantial progress. A most notable event was the adoption of a standard boiler code by the Amer- ican Society of Mechanical Engineers after years of work on the part of a special committee appointed to prepare it. The effort necessary to bring this proposi- tion to a satisfactory conclusion and to harmonize con- flicting interests was comparable with that now being exerted on the proposed national electrical safety code mentioned elsewhere. This code includes boiler design, construction and materials. It is therefore analogous to only a part of the electrical safety code.

Some progress has also been made in the direction of a more rational unit for rating boilers, at least to the extent of an increasing recognition of the inadequacy of the old nominal horsepower rating. There are two inconsistencies in present practice. In the first place it is ridiculous to rate a boiler in horsepower, because this rating, if anything but nominal, must involve the water rate of the engine or engines furnished with steam by the boiler. Second, the output of a boiler depends very largely upon the furnace. Hence a unit should be used which will permit the separation of the furnace from the boiler proper.

The committee on power generation of the A. E. R. E. A. emphasized last year the importance of more systematic accounting in this field and outlined a gen- eral plan for keeping records which should make the interchange of data more practicable. Obviously the more readily comparable the data from different power plants can be made the more rapid will be the advance in power generation economy. One result of inter- changing data will be a better realization of the fact that the nature of the load is related to the cost of energy.

This journal has more than once directed atten- tion to the high cost of peak-load power. Where power is purchased there is no difficulty in realizing this cost as the terms of the contracts specifically in-

Electrification for

FROM the commercial standpoint, it may be said that not even a good start has been made in ex- ploiting the opportunities for profitable installations of electric operation on steam railroads. This condition of affairs is chargeable to many causes, of which the majority are, perhaps, indirect and more or less ob- scure. Among them, the "battle of systems" has played an important part in the past, but at the present time, when actual results have displaced estimated figures, the industry has settled down to a general acceptance of the belief that in most cases the proper choice of "system" is not open to question and that with the cases that are on the border line there is not enough difference between them to be worth much argument. On

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elude it. It is more difficult to comprehend when a company is generating its own power.

One of the most significant events in the history of electric railway power generation occurred recently when the splendid Ninety-sixth Street power plant of the New York Railways in New York City was shut down because it could not compete with the remodeled Seventy-fourth Street plant of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, which supplies power to the New York Railways. The latter plant now contains three steam turbine generators of 30,000 kw. each, rendering obsolete the great Corliss engines which once made the Seventy-fourth Street plant famous. Large power- generating systems, large individual plants and small plants as well are being made over to enable them to profit by the advances in machinery design. An in- stance of the "rejuvenation" of a small plant, that at Springfield, Ohio, was described in a recent issue of this paper. In this plant a novel form of condenser was employed, one in which the surface and jet types were combined. This invention suggests that the condenser still furnishes a fertile field for the ingenious designer.

The electrical end of the power plant has kept pace with the steam end, although the problems met by elec- trical designers are not of general interest. The manu- facturers of electrical machinery are endeavoring to obtain consent to permit it to be run hotter, under cer- tain conditions, than was formerly considered desirable. As it is the permissible rise in temperature which largely determines the weight of electrical apparatus, it is to the advantage of all concerned to have it oper- ate at as high a temperature as is possible without involving excessive maintenance costs. As the radiating surface in electrical apparatus increases less rapidly than the volume, the difficulty of radiating heat becomes greater as the capacity of a unit is larger. Users appreciate this, but they wish their generators and transformers to have long life, hence are reluctant to permit greater temperature rises. The standards com- mittee of the A. I. E. E. is taking a conservative posi- tion in the matter.

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the other hand, there is no doubt but that the success of electric operation of city and interurban lines, which originally drew attention only to the electrification of steam railroad suburban service, brought about the prevalence of an idea that electricity was primarily a means for handling passenger trains, and this has made its use in any other service seem somewhat like a dan- gerous experiment.

During the ten years' experience with electrification problems, the field of freight service, and especially long-distance freight service, where the greatest econo- mies seem to be made available, has been completely neglected. On the New Haven system, it is true, freight trains have been hauled electrically for some three