. Electric railway journal . e electricrailway fraternity by forwarding to them on requestcopies of the issue mentioned. R. C. Mills, Manager. Charging Batteries from a Shop-Motor Circuit Selma Traction Company Selma, Ala., July 25, 1918. To the Editors: The method for charging batteries described on page69 of your July 13 issue is all right for a large road withfacilities for doing things easily and where no accountneed be taken of the cost. But what is the little roadto do when it wants to charge its batteries and must ofnecessity keep down costs ? The writer has always charged batteries, wh
. Electric railway journal . e electricrailway fraternity by forwarding to them on requestcopies of the issue mentioned. R. C. Mills, Manager. Charging Batteries from a Shop-Motor Circuit Selma Traction Company Selma, Ala., July 25, 1918. To the Editors: The method for charging batteries described on page69 of your July 13 issue is all right for a large road withfacilities for doing things easily and where no accountneed be taken of the cost. But what is the little roadto do when it wants to charge its batteries and must ofnecessity keep down costs ? The writer has always charged batteries, when nec-essary (and regardless of what the expert batterypeople say), on a 500-voJt circuit without injury tothe batteries. If we have a large battery to charge weput it in circuit on the negative side with the motor thatruns the shop machinery. This motor is of 10 hp. anduses about 8 amp. on its average load. This is aboutright for charging the ordinary starting battery on anautomobile. If we have a smaller battery to charge. ^^^Proposed Belt Line — Conns -with Capital Traction Lines -—Conns with Wash. Ry. & ••♦•«•• Conns with Wash Oc Va. Elec Lines Ry. Lines August 3, 1918 Men and Munitions Depend on Transportation 201 we put it in series with one of the smaller motors inthe shop. By charging batteries this way no power iswasted, and the added resistance of the battery is sosmall that no difference can be noticed in the speed ofthe motor. The writer has frequently charged the batteries of aBaker electric automobile by this method when themercury arc rectifier usually employed for charging ithas been out of commission. W. E. Ness. A Plea From a Minor Official July 18, 1918. To the Editors: The present time, when the electric railway industryis in a state of transition, seems most opportune tobring before the proper officials a subject of vital in-terest to a number of electric railway employees andindirectly to the companies themselves; that is to say,the remun
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