. Electric railway review . he rush hours, but since, they have found it to theiradvantage to use the trailer, which practice is also to the ad-vantage of the railway company. These trailers are drawnby the interurban cars only as far as the edge of the city,where a man is stationed who disconnects them from the out- An accompanying illustration is a reproduction of thablank form on which the motorman records the period duringwhich he operated a car, the particular line over which thecar was run and the instrument readings at the beginningand end of his service on that car. Under the blank spa
. Electric railway review . he rush hours, but since, they have found it to theiradvantage to use the trailer, which practice is also to the ad-vantage of the railway company. These trailers are drawnby the interurban cars only as far as the edge of the city,where a man is stationed who disconnects them from the out- An accompanying illustration is a reproduction of thablank form on which the motorman records the period duringwhich he operated a car, the particular line over which thecar was run and the instrument readings at the beginningand end of his service on that car. Under the blank spacesset aside for these records are spaces to be filled in by theauditing department. The latter exhibits totals for the powerconsumed during the period, the mileage performance, andthe average number of kilowatt-hours used per mile. During the year 1906 the average power consumption percar-day for the entire system, including all equipments, was405 kilowatt-hours. The average power consumption for the —T _# I t-,- -->-. The Denver City Tramway Co. Trail Cars In Denver—Details of Light Truck for Trail Car. going interurban cars and connects them with the next incom-ing car, leaving them ready for a similar duty. On some of the long city lines the motor cars haul trail-ers for only a portion of their routes, and on one line in par-ticular by thus adjusting the service to satisfy the needs ofthe traffic six trailer cars are found sufficient to operate inconnection with 10 motor cars. It is specially interesting to note that although trail carswere operated under these various methods of service duringthe past year, the actual speed for all the cars of the entireDenver City Tramway system averaged miles per hourthroughout the year 1906. This commendable average speedincluded all lay-overs at the ends of lines and, in fact, all de-lays of any sort to any equipment throughout the year. Power Consumption of Cars. Believing that there are advantages in knowing the cur-rent
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