. The Street railway journal . have been developed on a large scale. The oneis a direct outcome of the other. On account of the high francs for a trip of 10 km, there is still an enormous sav-ing to the tourist. Many persons also arc enabled to enjoysuch tours only through these means, and a large part ofthe electrical railways of Switzerland are mountain rail-ways. At the close of 1899 nine cable roads were operated elec-trically, their total length being km. The longestwas km (on the Stanserhorn) and the shortest theZurich mountain road, being .17 km in length. These fig-ures, as
. The Street railway journal . have been developed on a large scale. The oneis a direct outcome of the other. On account of the high francs for a trip of 10 km, there is still an enormous sav-ing to the tourist. Many persons also arc enabled to enjoysuch tours only through these means, and a large part ofthe electrical railways of Switzerland are mountain rail-ways. At the close of 1899 nine cable roads were operated elec-trically, their total length being km. The longestwas km (on the Stanserhorn) and the shortest theZurich mountain road, being .17 km in length. These fig-ures, as well as those given elsewhere in this article, unlessotherwise stated, represent the streets covered and not thelength of single track. The steepest grade is that of 63 percent on the Stanserhorn road. The greater part of the electrically operated roads arefound within the cities. Statistics show that at the close of1899 there were twenty-three such roads, having a totallength of km. This figure shows that there are no. CROSSING OF THREE-PHASE LINE AND DIRECT-CURRENT LINE ON STANSSTAD-ENGELBERG RAILWAY, PROTECTIVE NETTING AROUND BARE FEEDER WIRE AARAU-SCHOFTLAND, DIRECT-CURRENT RAILWAY price for eoal attempts were made many years ago to util-ize the powerful and numerous water-powers of the coun-try for the generation of electricity. As water-powers, how-ever, are not always as conveniently located as steam plantsmay be, alternating and three-phase currents have beenused for long-distance transmission, and to an extentwhich is simply astounding. Another important factor inthe electrical development of the country has been that itcontains two very progressive electrical concerns—theOerlikon Maschinen Fabrik, of Zurich, and Brown-, Boveri& Company, of Baden, Switzerland. To offset the small number of ordinary manufacturingestablishments and the resultant scarcity of freight service,there is the enormous tourist traffic, which is equaled bythat in no other country in the
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