. Electric railway journal . t Milford, miles farther, and a 400-kw. substationat Newtonville, 9 miles from Blanchester. The totalsubstation capacity was then 1,100 kw. Under the newplan only two substations are used, one at Indian Hilland the other at Newtonville. Each is equipped withone 200-kw., 600-volt, six-phase, 60-cycle commu-tating pole rotary converter. The total substationcapacity on the system is thus seen to be 400-kw.,sufficient for handling the new light-weight cars. To make the changes necessary, as described brieflyabove, the company required an initial investment of$
. Electric railway journal . t Milford, miles farther, and a 400-kw. substationat Newtonville, 9 miles from Blanchester. The totalsubstation capacity was then 1,100 kw. Under the newplan only two substations are used, one at Indian Hilland the other at Newtonville. Each is equipped withone 200-kw., 600-volt, six-phase, 60-cycle commu-tating pole rotary converter. The total substationcapacity on the system is thus seen to be 400-kw.,sufficient for handling the new light-weight cars. To make the changes necessary, as described brieflyabove, the company required an initial investment of$63,000, against which there is a credit for salvageof about $25,500, leaving a net capital investment of$37,500 as outlined below: INVESTMENT COSTS Five new cars complete at $9,000 $45,000 Two 200-kw. substations at $6,500 13,000 Three lighting transformer stations 5,000 Total cost $63,000 Less salvage: Six 4-motor cars $6,000 One 1,000-kw. power station 15,000 Three rotary converters, etc 4,500 25,500 Net investment $37,500. TWO INTERIOR VIRWS, ONE SHOW^ING FARE BOX, AT THE FRONT END AND THE OTHER THE SMOKING COM-PARTMENT AT THE REAR END 984 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 57, No. 22 COMPARISON OF OPERATING COSTS Old New System System Saving Platform wages (passenger), actual $14,325 $8,290 $6,035 Power (1919 costs) 42,500 21,120 20,620 Maintenance of cars (estimated) 8,500 6,300 2,200 Tie renewals (estimated) 8,750 7,700 1,050 $74,075 $43,410 $29,905 Increase in lighting business per year (actual) 18,000 Increase in net earnings $47,905 STATISTICS Old System New System Passenger 280,000 280,000 Freight car-miles 20,000 20,000 Total kilowatt-hours 2,131,000 1,408,000 For passenger cars. 1,680,000 700,000 For freight cars 108,000 For light and power 343,000 600,000 per car-mile (passenger) 6 0 per car-mile (freight) 5 4 Maintenance per car-mile cents cents Track an
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