. Electric railway journal . In 1910 the company pur-chased 64,000,000 kw-hours, which was equivalent to an Electric Railways of Buenos Aires average of kw-hour per car kilometer ( kw-hoursper car mile). This figure included the energy used in thecarhouses and for other auxiliary purposes incident totransportation. In the mileage calculations, two trailersare considered equivalent to one motor car. The highaverage energy consumption per car kilometer is due inpart to the condition that many of the older streets arevery narrow and so congested that the motorman must fre-quently operate
. Electric railway journal . In 1910 the company pur-chased 64,000,000 kw-hours, which was equivalent to an Electric Railways of Buenos Aires average of kw-hour per car kilometer ( kw-hoursper car mile). This figure included the energy used in thecarhouses and for other auxiliary purposes incident totransportation. In the mileage calculations, two trailersare considered equivalent to one motor car. The highaverage energy consumption per car kilometer is due inpart to the condition that many of the older streets arevery narrow and so congested that the motorman must fre-quently operate on resistance points when running betweenthe regular stops, which are 125 m (410 ft.) apart. Thenarrow streets also have many short radius curves. A thirdreason is the difficulty of getting competent Aires is a city with a rapidly shifting cosmopolitanpopulation. During the harvest season many employeesresign for the sake of earning higher wages for a fewmonths in the fields. The Anglo-Argentina company now. COMPARISON OF THE YEARS 1909 AND 1908. Gross Operating Ratio Earnings Expenses Surplus Operation in Francs. in Francs. in Francs. to Gross. Car Kilometers. TrntHc. 53, 31,651,000 21, 61,835,000 ,000 31,046,000 ,000 59,332,000 227,040,000 3,082,000 605,000 ,000 2,503,000 FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1910 AND 1909. Gross Operating Ratio Earnings Expenses Surplus Operation in Francs. in Francs. in Francs. to Gross. Car Kilometers. Traffic. 29,381,000 17, 12,210,000 33, 133,706,000 26,114,000 15,586,000 10,528,000 ,000 118,761,000 3,267,000 1,585,000 ,000 2,897,000 14,945,000 Year. 1909 1908 Increase for 1909, in francsIn per cent Year. 1910 1909 Increase for 1910, in francsIn per cent The increase in business for 1910 was due partly to theCentennial Fair celebrating the independence of the Argen-tine Republic and
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