. Electric railway journal . from 325,066,000 to 395,666,000,and the net earnings from £811,900 to £898,700. The totalnumber of motor cars operated to the end of the year 1911was 2459. It is not anticipated that the increase in themileage of electric railways during the coming years willequal the ratio shown in the past years, as much of thework done in 1911 was stimulated by a pending increase inthe tariff on electric railway supplies. The governmenthas taken up the subject of electrification of steam rail-roads, and it is proposed to experiment between Tokyoand Yokohama. August 30. 1913. ELE
. Electric railway journal . from 325,066,000 to 395,666,000,and the net earnings from £811,900 to £898,700. The totalnumber of motor cars operated to the end of the year 1911was 2459. It is not anticipated that the increase in themileage of electric railways during the coming years willequal the ratio shown in the past years, as much of thework done in 1911 was stimulated by a pending increase inthe tariff on electric railway supplies. The governmenthas taken up the subject of electrification of steam rail-roads, and it is proposed to experiment between Tokyoand Yokohama. August 30. 1913. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 345 WEED KILLER IN ROCHESTER REINFORCED CONCRETE POLE OF STAR SECTION The New York State Railways, Rochester, X. V., has re-cently applied Atlas A weed killer and track preservative,which is manufactured by the Atlas Preservative Company,on its Sodus Bay line, which runs between Rochester andSodus Point, a distance of 39 miles. The chemical wasshipped in a large tank car direct from the factory to the. W. H. Lienesch, a consulting engineer of Chicago, is pre-paring to make for general sale a rein forced-concrete poleof the star-shaped section show 11 in the accompanyingdrawing. It is asserted that the new design weighs but two-thirds as much as square-type rein forced-concrete poles forthe same service; thus it is not necessary to pour it underthe disadvantageous conditions of field work. Another im-portant difference is that cross webs are used as steps, thus Electric Conduit Steel ReinforcingBan; Concrete Iiibs Cross Wc-bK
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