Folder: S.F. Transportation-Cable Cars-Lines-Powell-Hyde.
Newscopy: "San Francisco's beloved cable cars - what's left of them after the decimation of a few years ago - have a problem. Their lights are no good. Interior lighting is all right, unless a passenger is reading the stock lists. But the so-called headlight is a joke in many cases. It is not the joke it once was because a year ago the Muni management, responding to persistent public complaint, put in a new system. They bought some big - 175 pound - heavy duty batteries and put a sealed beam lamp in the headlight. And, theoretically, this battery is recharged after eight hours of use, only two-thirds of its rated capacity. But theory is one thing and the apparent fact is another...".
