Author : Chas S. Pease
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332326723
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (267 download)
Book Synopsis Freight Transportation on Trolley Lines (Classic Reprint) by : Chas S. Pease
Download or read book Freight Transportation on Trolley Lines (Classic Reprint) written by Chas S. Pease and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Freight Transportation on Trolley Lines Generally speaking the freight business of a steam road is larger and more profitable than its passenger service. While on electric traction lines this relation will not obtain, the subject of goods transportation is worth close study with the intent of following so far as may be expedient the practice of the great trunk lines. Our city and suburban traction systems are largely evolutions from horse car lines, when the service had severe limitations as to weight, speed and distance. Then the matter of freight or express transportation was rarely ever considered. When the modem electric car appeared, capable of carrying 125 people at a higher rate of speed 25 miles out into the country, the view of the management seemed focussed on the great advance in matters of passenger service, and there were few managers who had eyes to the business for which the steam roads principally stand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.