. Electric railway journal . up the motormen in divi-sions. After this is done the average kilowatt-hours Form 1066 Order 50621 TRI-CITY RAILWAY COMPANY KILOWATT HOUR METER RECORD Line Date. Car No. Conductor Motorman TIME START TIME END LARGE DIAL READING MILES START TRI-CITY POWER SAVINGS—MOTORMANS DAILY RECORD SLIP per car-mile for that division is determined. The mile-age for each motorman is then multiplied by the averagekilowatt-hours per car-mile, and a constant determined,which is called K on the record sheet. This constantis the total kilowatt-hours the man would have used ifhe had be
. Electric railway journal . up the motormen in divi-sions. After this is done the average kilowatt-hours Form 1066 Order 50621 TRI-CITY RAILWAY COMPANY KILOWATT HOUR METER RECORD Line Date. Car No. Conductor Motorman TIME START TIME END LARGE DIAL READING MILES START TRI-CITY POWER SAVINGS—MOTORMANS DAILY RECORD SLIP per car-mile for that division is determined. The mile-age for each motorman is then multiplied by the averagekilowatt-hours per car-mile, and a constant determined,which is called K on the record sheet. This constantis the total kilowatt-hours the man would have used ifhe had been of average ability. The ratio of K tototal kilowatt-hours consumed gives the motormansstanding. Records of the standing of all motormen are postedat the carhouse on the first and fifteenth of each is frequent enough to hold the interest of the men,and at the same time it gives average kilowatt-hour percar-mile figures for different kinds of weather and traf-fic conditions. Frequently these reports are supple-. TRI-CITY POWER SAVINGS—METHOD OF MOUNTING METER WITHEXTERNAL RESISTANCE ON BULKHEAD 814 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 18 merited by including the number of passengers hauledper car-mile for each man, or the number of stops madeper mile by his car. This adds interest to the reportand supplies the office with valuable information. Theaccompanying table is typical of one of these bi-monthlyrecords. The chart below shows the energy input at thecar and the number of passengers carried each monthfrom June, 1915, to March, 1916. Tri-City Railway Company Motormens Car Meter 16 to 29, 1916Bridge Line OO S 2,400 CD g 2,300t> o f 2,000 1915 ->K—1916--H June July Aug. Sept Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. TRI-CITY POWER SAVINGS—GRAPHIC RECORD OF ENERGY INPUTAT CAR AND OF PASSENGERS CARRIED No special method was adopted in coaching the mo-tormen how to save power. Bulletins were posted atthe end of each fifteen
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