The Surveyor and municipal engineer . Blackpool system is stated as follows: Overheadsystem (line, &o.) estimated, £600; conduit system (conduit,Ac.) cost 1897 actual, £2,238; and accumulator system (accu-mulator, &c.) estimated, £2,799. G.\S (BLACKPOOL TO LYTUAm). Permanent Way.—The gas trams run between South Shore,Blackpool (where the line joins the electric conduit line) andSt. Annes and Lytham. The line is 7 miles long, and issingle, with passing places, the gauge is also 4 ft. Si in. andthe steepest gradient is 1 in 26. One mile of this lino iswithin the borough boundary, and has
The Surveyor and municipal engineer . Blackpool system is stated as follows: Overheadsystem (line, &o.) estimated, £600; conduit system (conduit,Ac.) cost 1897 actual, £2,238; and accumulator system (accu-mulator, &c.) estimated, £2,799. G.\S (BLACKPOOL TO LYTUAm). Permanent Way.—The gas trams run between South Shore,Blackpool (where the line joins the electric conduit line) andSt. Annes and Lytham. The line is 7 miles long, and issingle, with passing places, the gauge is also 4 ft. Si in. andthe steepest gradient is 1 in 26. One mile of this lino iswithin the borough boundary, and has been laid by the cor-poration and is leased to the company. Rolling Stock:—The cars, of which there are sixteen, aresmaller than those on the electric line. Four of the cars carryforty—sixteen inside and twenty-four out—and weigh about7 tons. The remaining twelve cars carry fifty-two passengers—twenty-two in and thirty out—and weigh from 7i to 8 are supplied with ordinary gas at the depot, one charge. liiiisTiT. Elki TKir : Old :Kr Terminus, NoTEUBES 25,1898.] AND COUNTY ENGINEER. 665 beinfr snfRcient for 9 miles. The epeed is 8 miles per hour,and tlio cars run at intervals of fifteen minutes in the boroughand tliirty to forty minutes outside. In the winter a twentyminutes sorvico to ami from Lytham and Blackpool is main-taiued, and in the summer a ten minutes sorvico. Gencrnl Notes.—The advantages of this system aro statedto bo : (1) Tlie low cost of traction; (2) the absence of theoverhead apparatus or conduit. The disadvantages are : (1)The unpleasant smell; (2) the vibration; (I!) the diOiculty ofascending gradients; (-1) the noise and rattle of system has only been in operation about eighteen months,and is therefore still in the experimental stage, and as is quite local (with two exceptions) it is exceedinglydoubtful whether the cars could mount the steep gradientat Holloway Hank. Your subcommittee ar
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