. Electric railway journal . ation of the Balti-more & Ohio Railroad, and three blocks from the heartof the business section. The company also has a sep-arate freight-handling terminal in Baltimore. This property began operation in 1886 as a steamrailroad; in May, 1908, it was electrified for 6600 volts,twenty-five cycles, single phase, and in January, 1914, volt equipment was decided upon. The care with whichthis study was undertaken could not be better shownthan by the following table, which presents the last , the estimated and the actual operatingcosts per car-mile: Cost
. Electric railway journal . ation of the Balti-more & Ohio Railroad, and three blocks from the heartof the business section. The company also has a sep-arate freight-handling terminal in Baltimore. This property began operation in 1886 as a steamrailroad; in May, 1908, it was electrified for 6600 volts,twenty-five cycles, single phase, and in January, 1914, volt equipment was decided upon. The care with whichthis study was undertaken could not be better shownthan by the following table, which presents the last , the estimated and the actual operatingcosts per car-mile: Cost 6 Allen & Peck, Actual Months July Inc., Cost July 1 to Dec. Estimate of 1 to Sept. 31,1912 D. C. Cost 30,1914 Way and structure $ $ $0 0383 Equipment Traffic Transportation General Total $ $ $ The foregoing classification follows the planin which traffic is understood to include solicitation,. ANNAPOLIS SHORT LINE- -NIGHT VIEW OF THE ERECTING PLATFORM FROM WHICH TWO 120-FT. SPANS OF CATENARYWERE CHANGED FROM TO DISTRIBUTION AT ONE TIME the present 1200-volt installation was completed forservice. Since June 1, 1912, the property has beenunder the management of Allen & Peck, Inc., with T. as local manager and David E. Crouse as elec-trical engineer. The first electrical equipment had been built operations, but in practice the railway, run-ning as it did over private right-of-way throughout,operated only on alternating current. The AnnapolisShort Line was, therefore, in the unenviable positionof using apparatus more complex and heavier than nec-essary, aside from any questions of efficient use ofenergy and reliability in operation. One particularly notable improvement which has fol-lowed the change to 1200 volts direct current is a re-duction in the weight of the electrical equipment percar from 33,175 lb. to 18,920 lb.
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