. Electric railway journal . nvestment of $887,500 per year. An amount of$4,987,553 was then determined by discounting the intereston the investment paid at the end of each year, leaving anet intangible monetary value of $10,713,553 for the right ofthe Toronto Railway to do business during the unexpiredperiod of the agreement. In a message to the Council on Oct. 13 Mayor Hockenexpressed his satisfaction with the exhaustive examinationmade by the experts and stated that he was not preparedto say what the citizens of Toronto would do about thequestion of municipal ownership, but that when he had
. Electric railway journal . nvestment of $887,500 per year. An amount of$4,987,553 was then determined by discounting the intereston the investment paid at the end of each year, leaving anet intangible monetary value of $10,713,553 for the right ofthe Toronto Railway to do business during the unexpiredperiod of the agreement. In a message to the Council on Oct. 13 Mayor Hockenexpressed his satisfaction with the exhaustive examinationmade by the experts and stated that he was not preparedto say what the citizens of Toronto would do about thequestion of municipal ownership, but that when he hadreceived a report concerning the financial outlook for theproposition he would submit the matter in full to theCouncil. CONCRETE POLES FOR OAKLAND The Oakland Traction Company has built a number ofreinforced poles with satisfactory results. The pole hasan over-all length of 30 ft., with square butt 8 ft. in lengthand 11 in. square. The reinforcement consists of eightT2-in. square twisted steel rods. Four of these are carried. 30-—overall Reinforced Concrete Poles—Oakland Traction Company for a length of 24 ft. 6 in. in the pole and the other fourfor a length of 29 ft. 6 in. The accompanying diagramshows the construction of the pole as well as that of theform on which the reinforcing rods are assembled beforethey are placed in the mold. The cost of manufacturing these poles is $ each, in-cluding: labor and material. NOV KM BEK 15, I9I3.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [055 Approximate Predetermination of Train Energy This Method Is Based Upon Simple Dynamical Principles, Using a Series of Empirical Factors Which VaryAccording to the Speed, Number of Stops and Character of Service BY VV. A. DEL MAR AND IJ. C. WOODBURY The predetermination of energy consumption by carsor trains is usually effected by means of a method whichconceals the simple dynamical principles involved. Sucha method is necessary where great accuracy is required,as it is only by dealing in electrical units th
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