. Electric railway journal . statisticalpurposes. NEW GERMAN NARROW-GAGE RAILWAY The Allgemeine Elektricitats Gesellschaft has arranged toconstruct a meter-gage ( in.) passenger and freightelectric railway in the Prussian Riesengebirge for a totallength of miles, joining the towns of Schmiedeberg,Krummhubel, Briickenberg, Hermsdorf, Birkigt and Stein-seiffen. The ruling grade will be per cent. The max-imum operating speed of the line will be about capital for the construction is $900,000, consisting oftwo lots of shares of $375,000 each, held respectively bythe con
. Electric railway journal . statisticalpurposes. NEW GERMAN NARROW-GAGE RAILWAY The Allgemeine Elektricitats Gesellschaft has arranged toconstruct a meter-gage ( in.) passenger and freightelectric railway in the Prussian Riesengebirge for a totallength of miles, joining the towns of Schmiedeberg,Krummhubel, Briickenberg, Hermsdorf, Birkigt and Stein-seiffen. The ruling grade will be per cent. The max-imum operating speed of the line will be about capital for the construction is $900,000, consisting oftwo lots of shares of $375,000 each, held respectively bythe contractor and the communities concerned, and $150,000 in 4 per cent bonds, held by the latter. The communitieswill provide the right-of-way free in addition to which thetown of Schmiedeberg will give a cash subsidy of $12,500. STOCKPORT TROLLEY OMNIBUS SERVICE Another addition to Englands trackless trolley installa-tions is that of the Stockport Corporation, which has nowbeen in operation for several weeks on a route nearly 2. Stockport Trackless Trolley—Opposing Cars InterchangingCurrent Collectors miles in length, starting from the center of the town. Theundertaking is the first in England which is equipped witha flexible trolley connection, so that one pair of wires issufficient for vehicles traveling in either direction. Asshown in one of the accompanying illustrations, the currentcollector gear is unhooked and is then exchanged anywhereby the drivers of meeting cars. The Bremen system ofcurrent collection was adopted, the two wires being erectedin perpendicular parallel, an arrangement which permitsthe upper or return wire to serve as a guard wire if neces-sary. Another special feature of this installation is theadoption of lattice steel poles, which are uncommon in Eng-land. R. Lomax, the corporations electrical engineer, su-
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