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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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aiul regular car service is mani-festly oiif (if the most essential requisites forthe successful operation of a street rail\va\-. Itis \-ery evident that the traxeling public will notcheerfully patronize an inferior or an irregular car ser-\ice; and inasmuch as the Companys dividends are de-pendent upon such liberal patronage, it behooves it toe.xercise every means in its power to cater to the wantsand tastes of its patrons. I low to run the cars on even iiUer\als of tinii is one of electric and thirteen miles of rable tracks, consistingof si.xteen distinct routes, nine of which terminate at aloop in the central business portion of the city. Onthese lines an average of lo.^ trains were operated dailyduring the past eight months. The cars are all operatedby a dispatcher at the central station C, b\- means oftwelve telephones on four separate circuits. Circuit number i comprises telephones A, 1>, D and E. Circuit number 2. telephones F, G and H. Circuit number 3, telephones K and L.
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lAR dispatchers OFFICE.- of the hardest problems for many street railway mana-gers. The conditions vary much in different localitiesand are much more complex in some cities than in others;surface crossings of steam railways, draw-bridges andheavy street traffic of wagons and drays are some of themore trying impediments. The common methods emploved are the -time cardand the starter. Without stopping at this time tocomment on either of the above, the writer will endeavorto briefl\ describe the system as used by his company,showing, if possible, some of its desirable features. The system consists simply of a number of telephonesat the terminal of the various routes, connected with acentral station where an operator or car dispatcherdirects the running of every car on the entire street rail-way system. The lines of the Denver Tramway Company, as shownon the accompanying map, embrace seventj-four miles -DENVER TRAMWAY COMPANY. Circuit number 4, telephones M, N and R. The ordinary central s

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