. Street and electric railways, 1902 .. . thepassenger cars. The Steubenville Traction and LightCompany handles all its freight in combination cars.The rates are not so high as the express rates, butslightly in advance of the steam railroad freight charges.Out of a total car length over the bumpers of 40 feet 8inches, the baggage section occupies 11 feet 6 inches,giving space for a large quantity of miscellaneous freightand express. Many of these roads have developed a regular sj^stemof accounting for freight and express service, the sys-tem being similar to that followed by the express com-pa
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. Street and electric railways, 1902 .. . thepassenger cars. The Steubenville Traction and LightCompany handles all its freight in combination cars.The rates are not so high as the express rates, butslightly in advance of the steam railroad freight charges.Out of a total car length over the bumpers of 40 feet 8inches, the baggage section occupies 11 feet 6 inches, giving space for a large quantity of miscellaneous freightand express. Many of these roads have developed a regular sj^stemof accounting for freight and express service, the sys-tem being similar to that followed by the express com-panies of this country. The Dayton and Troy (Ohio)Electric Railwaj has its own wagons for express serv-ice in the larger stations, but in smaller places it pays20 per cent of the charges for delivery to the parceldelivery wagons. It has through billing arrangementswith the Southern Ohio Express Company, which oper-ates on the Southern Ohio Traction Companys cars, itsexpress rates being considerably under those of the oldexpress companies.. INTERURBAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT. 217 This company has 55-foot freight cars, which maketwo round trips every day between Piqua and Dayton.The company issues a freight classiiication, identicalwith the regular railroad classification, upon which ratesare based. Through billing of freight has been arrangedfor between the lines of several of the traction compa-nies which enter Dayton by a division of the charges anda sharing of the expense. The Mahoning Valley (Ohio and Pennsylvania) Rail-way Company operates two closed cars, built especiallyfor freight and express service. There are 3 men oneach car—the conductor, the motorman, and a laborer.Freight depots have been located in each city and vil-lage through which the line operates, although not allwere constructed for this purpose. At Niles, Ohio, adepot has been built especially for freight business inconnection with the companys power house; at Girard, Struthers, Lowellville, Ohio