. The street railway review . aise a loaded car against one empty. If,however, the ascending car be emjny and the descendingcar loaded, the conditions would reverse, and instead ofdrawing from the batteries the loaded car would not onlyestablish the equilibrium but would in addition move thecable and return 15 horse-power to the batteries. Thisprincipal of return power will prevail over the whole Ymv,so that, Mr. Decker estimates the power given backby the cars moving down grade will equal fully 40per cent, of the total amount required to operate thes^Stem. As to the construction of the road i
. The street railway review . aise a loaded car against one empty. If,however, the ascending car be emjny and the descendingcar loaded, the conditions would reverse, and instead ofdrawing from the batteries the loaded car would not onlyestablish the equilibrium but would in addition move thecable and return 15 horse-power to the batteries. Thisprincipal of return power will prevail over the whole Ymv,so that, Mr. Decker estimates the power given backby the cars moving down grade will equal fully 40per cent, of the total amount required to operate thes^Stem. As to the construction of the road itself it is surprisinglyfree from deep cuts and trestles. In an air line from themountain top terminus to the base of the range thedistance is about 4^^ miles. The road, however, afterleaving the top of the incline at Echo Mountain follows aserpentine route by easy though almost continuous gradesto the summit, traversing a distance of 10 miles. Thegrades average only 7-5 per cent and the curves are in Illl: SCENERV IRESENTKl). IHAi TllK WATER IdWER. no case less than So feet radius. The line is single trackwith occasional turnouts, with the exception of the 2,600feet of double track cable at the incline. while making the ascent has been pronounced as unsur-passed by travelers who have been in all parts of the distinguished men have journe3ed to the recently President Elliot, of Harvard, made the trip
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