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Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ged to shorten the hours of the womens staff. TheLondon General Omnibus Company reports that it hasbeen obliged to engage about 150 new women conductorsevery week to fill vacancies caused by resignations fronta staff of about 2500 women collectors. Women em-ployees also entertain less regard for discipline andpunctuality. In one important town at least, theyplayed on the sympathy of the public by declaring thework was of too hard a nature. Tramway Conditions in France Tramway conditions in France, acording to newspa-per reports, seem to be very similar to those in Englandso far as the employment of women for motormen andconductors is concerned. Women are also employed asinspectors and in the subway as ticket agents and col-lectors, but men beyond the military age are used asstarters. The traffic on the tram lines and subway inParis is larger than before the war, one reason beingthat the auto buses, of which there were many in Paris,were requisitioned by the government early in the war
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WAR-TIME CONDITIONS IN UNITED STATES—FENCED-OFF SECTION OF CITY SIDEWALK BESIDE A POWER STATION THAT IS EXPOSEDTO ATTACK; SENTRY-BOX WITH SEARCHLIGHTS TO GUARD RAILWAY PROPERTY April 21, 1917) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 739 for military purposes. The Metropolitain, or chiefParis subway, which operates forty-eight miles of track,shows gross receipts of $110.,000 more in 1915 than in1914. The operating expenses, however, were muchhigher, especially for coal. Early Morning Runs by Business Men In Newcastle, England, some runs, especially theearly morning runs, are being taken by men engagedin other lines of business or professions who, for vari-ious reasons, have not been called on to don the khaki.Many of them are beyond the military age, but able andwilling to serve in this way as auxiliary motorman fora few hours daily. In a recent address on tramway con-ditions, the chairman of the Corporation TramwaysCommittee said that he suggested to the Council sometime ago that many ministers in

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