. Electric railway journal . ower house was considered. This il-lustrates the change which has taken place in the mindsof engineers as to the principles of the economical gen-eration and distribution of energy. Ten years ago, ifa $260,000,000 urban transportation system had beenplanned, one of the chief considerations would havebeen the power house. When this incident is consideredin the light of its relation to the future electrification ofsteam railroads in the centers of great density of pop-ulation or density of tonnage, it takes on added signifi-cance. To speak broadly, the Chicago plan s
. Electric railway journal . ower house was considered. This il-lustrates the change which has taken place in the mindsof engineers as to the principles of the economical gen-eration and distribution of energy. Ten years ago, ifa $260,000,000 urban transportation system had beenplanned, one of the chief considerations would havebeen the power house. When this incident is consideredin the light of its relation to the future electrification ofsteam railroads in the centers of great density of pop-ulation or density of tonnage, it takes on added signifi-cance. To speak broadly, the Chicago plan seems feasibleand offers apparently great conveniences as comparedwith the present crowded and inadequate dual alleviates completely the present condition by whichthirteen tracks on the elevated focus onto two tracksin the loop, and instead there will be in the immediaterapid transit system probably fifteen tracks deliveringthrough six. I December 16, 1916 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1233 Are You Getting a Fair Return?. Let the Publicity Man Explain Your Problems to the Public IS your company getting a fair return for servicerendered, and to be rendered, in the form oftransportation—A return sufficient not only to pay currentexpenses, but to improve service and anticipatetransportation demands— To make it possible to invite additional capital,maintain an adequate depreciation reserve, pay goodwages and earn a decent dividend on the money putinto the property? If the answer to these questions is No, the nextquestion is, What are you going to do about it? The public does not demand that electric trans-portation be supplied below cost. When it appears to do so (and this is often thecase) it is because the public does not know thefacts. The public may have been told, but it was notconvinced. Recently, when it was demonstrated (by a pub-licity campaign) that the post-office department anda few rabid representatives were asking the railwaysto carry the parcel post for less
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