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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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y W. F.Ham, comptroller of the Washington Railway & ElectricCompany, and while he is inclined to be conservative andawait the actual results from the tise of the ticket, still hebelieves it to be a step in the right direction. While not claim-ing it is a cure for all the evils attendant upon the misuse oftransfers, he thinks it a good thing so far as it goes, and be-lieves that by making the difference so plain between themorning and evening transfer it is a marked improvement overanything now in use. Of course, the a. m. and p. m. couponscan be distinguished, if preferred, by the use of these lettersprinted separately over the face of the coupon instead of havingone coupon light and the other dark. The ticket is being manu-factured by the Globe Ticket Company, of Philadelphia. OLD ELECTRIC CARS IN JAPAN Charles W. Wason, of Cleveland, widely known in streetrailway affairs, is making a trip around the world. During hisstay at Tokyo, Japan, early in April, and while riding over the
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FIGS, I AND 2,-OLD C.A^S IN JAPAN June 20, 1903.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 913 Anamori Railway, Mr. Wason saw an electric car of somewhatancient type which greatly interested him on account of itsexcellent condition after so many years of service. He writesthat the interior of the car is just as it left the car works—thevarnish a little richer with age. The car was one of severalbuilt by the J. G. Brill Company for the Sprague Electric Com-pany in 1888. The following year other cars, similar to thatshown in Fig. 2, were purchased by the Tokyo Electric LightCompany, and have been in operation ever since. The photograph, which is reproduced, was sent from Tokyoby Mr. Wason. The gentleman whose hands are on the brakeand controller handles is Mr. Fujioka, electrical engineer ofthe new electric road being built in Tokyo; on the step is Mr.Arita, general manager of same road; standing at the side ofcar is Mr. Tachikawa, president of the Anamori Railway. Mr.Wason expects to return to this c

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