Section 24. section ten of chapter forty A, sections twenty-eight, fifty-nine to sixty-four, inclusive, eighty-three to eighty-five, inclusive, and ninety-two to one hundred and four, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, and sections eighty-nine, one hundred and three and one hundred and thirteen of chapter one hundred and sixty-one, shall apply to the transportation authorities created by this chapter, its property and employees in the same manner as though each were a street railway company.