. Electric railway journal . Time is the Essence of Railroading 22 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL January 5, 1918. W. R. Alberger, vice-presidentand general manager, San Fran-cisco-Oakland Terminal Rail-ways, was responsible for thatcompanys adoption of the RicoCoasting Recorder. In the preliminary tests on thissystem, the lowest mans coast-ing had been raised from ; the highest mans coast-ing from to ; the aver-age coasting from 8 to ! Between June 30, 1914, andJune 30, 1916, this companysaved $118,681 in power costalone; and the savings now ex-ceed $125,000 a year. At pre
. Electric railway journal . Time is the Essence of Railroading 22 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL January 5, 1918. W. R. Alberger, vice-presidentand general manager, San Fran-cisco-Oakland Terminal Rail-ways, was responsible for thatcompanys adoption of the RicoCoasting Recorder. In the preliminary tests on thissystem, the lowest mans coast-ing had been raised from ; the highest mans coast-ing from to ; the aver-age coasting from 8 to ! Between June 30, 1914, andJune 30, 1916, this companysaved $118,681 in power costalone; and the savings now ex-ceed $125,000 a year. At present prices for power,the savings for 1917 will begreater still.
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