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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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The service is practically a continuous one throughout the 34hours, but of course is more frequent during the business times ofthe day. and in the principal thoroughfares trams are run on aheadway of 30 seconds. The average speed per hour within thecity is S miles and outside the city 10 miles. The lines are dividedinto convenient penny sections, such sections averaging two milesin length, but passengers on entcrng a car are able to pay for the a half millions, the return paid upon the capital for the lastfinancial year being about 3!4 per cent. The average hours worked by the running men arc eight per day.The ciiuductors wages average 7s. per day, with a ma.ximura of7S. 6d.. and for the motormen the average is 8s. 3d., with an ordi-nary maximum of 8s. 6d. The magnitude of the operations is evidenced by the total staffemployed, whicli at the present time numbers four thousand.
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through journey, tickets being given by the conductor for either I, ->.3 or more sections. The longest through run is ii.i miles, the fare for which is 6d. Financial.The total revenue collected for the si.s months ended December30th last was £356,000. or say i;oo,ooo per annum, and up to date thetotal amount spent in the capital cost of the line has been two and The administration of the tramway system of Sydney is incharge of the railway commissioners of New South Wales whoare: Charles Oliver, chief commissioner; David Kirkcaldie andW. M. Fehon. The operating staff comprises: John Kneeshaw,traffic superintendent; O. W. Brain, electrical engineer; G. R. Cowil-ery, tramway maintenance engineer; \V. Ihnw, cliief mefh.inicalengineer.

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