WORKING WADESTOWN.
NO "STEAP-HANGEES." Although a regular service of cars has been running upon the Wadcslov.n line since Monday afternoon, formal permission to inaugurate tho service was only received |j V the city tramway department, jrom tho .Minister for Public Works, yestorday. Tho working conditions demanded by the Minister are the samo ns iu the caso of the Brooklyn line. The tramway authorities will be allowed to load cars only to their seating capacity, fi n ? will Tjo permitm- ' l:u ' 1)0011 anticipated that the .Minuter would allow some margin upon loading so far as the palace cars were concerned. It is pointed out that iri these vehicles the niotonnan is completely isolated from the passengers, so that 110 risk ot accident is minimised. In tlie caso of box cars, upon which the motorman and passengers use the same platform, it is recognised that anv overloading would bo unwise. Tho Wadestown service will be carriod on bymoa;:s ol the two single truck palace cars, which have been specially built for the line. 0.- : » car will sultico to maintain the half-hour 1,11(1 maintain the fifteen--1,-1, i scmt * «"liich is to be run at r'° UrS ; il be necessary at • f s ' l " further augment the In, rS e VIII bc u ' i!ise(l - No <*" c are as yet avaiiis meoti,' ap ? l ar( j nU >' present service ;. P ! : a ". demands. On Tuesday a .nmr- C "v m S e mornln K carried 20 than l}. ° ar dllrin S tho da >" It may be mentioned that the ordinnv ibf v fn, r,p shi,l H »« »"»v2nfol "Se on the AUdestown line.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1172, 6 July 1911, Page 7
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266WORKING WADESTOWN. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1172, 6 July 1911, Page 7
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