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Street Railways, their construction, operation and maintenance
C.B. Fairchild, reprint of 1892 publication, 496pp, hardback, profusely illustrated, £40
CONTENTS:
Electric, cable and horse traction; steam, air and gas motors; inclined planes; rack rail inclines; elevated roads; car building; track construction; discipline and rules; charter, franchises, stocks and bonds; bookkeeping and the classification of street railway accounts; leading types of cars illustrated; auxiliary appliances illustrated; appendix to chapter 1: motors, generators, electric crossing signals, lightning arrester, automatic track switch, cost of electric railway construction; numerous illustrations and advertisements.
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