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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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ofit on subscriptions,depending almost entirely on their revenue from adver-tising. Hence the struggle to secure circulation, forcirculation means advertising and largely regulates the price therefor. The publisher then gauges the amountand cost of his reading columns in proportion to theadvertising. But in the case of the street railway, whatis the situation? The manager is expected to constantlyimprove the service by larger and better cars and moreof them. He must give an even longer haul, but seldomwith any increase in rates. No, the case in question isno parallel and the day when street cars will haul peopleat a penny a one is far in the future. THE NEW HAVEN REGISTER. The New Haven Car Register Company is continuingits successful career, and during the past year has intro-duced its machines on a large number of new roads, untilnow its list includes 125 lines. Prominent among thes^eare the Philadelphia Traction Company, the North Hud-son County Railway Company, Hoboken, N. J., the
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NKW HAVEN REGISTER. Rochester Railway System, the Montreal & TorontoSystem and the Oakland Cal., systems. These registers are made in solid cast bronze cases, atonce attractive and durable, and faced with plate glass.Three sets of numerals are exposed; one being the triprecord, another the total registrations of all trips for theday or conductor, and the third the total which recordsto 100,000 and then returns to zero. The company is energetic in securing business andcareful in its inspection of all work leaving the factory,and the result has been an increase in business mostgratifying to its friends. 580 (^kcd.4?(aiWa^i)^yl£\/ The Chicago and northwestern members of theAmerican Street Railway Association, and their friends,who will attend the Atlanta convention, have offered tothem a choice route by the Monon, via Cincinnati. Thecity ticket office of the Monon route, 232 Clark street,Chicago, will cheerfully furnish any information in regardto route, trains, tickets, and sleepin

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