. The working and management of an English railway . •$ Oq ^ ^ N > ah z UJ > < b I-< 0 ui IM Ui doou 6^. *5- ON THE WORKING OF GOODS STATIONS. 203 started and stopped at a moments notice, and thereis accordingly no waste of fuel whatever, besideswhich the first cost of the machinery is very moderatecompared with that of hydraulic power on a small scale,and the average cost of gas for an eight gas engineis not more than from threepence to sixpence per hour,according to the price of gas in the locality, and thework required of the engine The London and North-Western Company have
. The working and management of an English railway . •$ Oq ^ ^ N > ah z UJ > < b I-< 0 ui IM Ui doou 6^. *5- ON THE WORKING OF GOODS STATIONS. 203 started and stopped at a moments notice, and thereis accordingly no waste of fuel whatever, besideswhich the first cost of the machinery is very moderatecompared with that of hydraulic power on a small scale,and the average cost of gas for an eight gas engineis not more than from threepence to sixpence per hour,according to the price of gas in the locality, and thework required of the engine The London and North-Western Company have at thepresent time thirty warehouses in which the machineryis actuated by gas engines, varying from one and a half toeight , according to the size of the building, and thenumber of cranes and lifts required. A good exampleof this class of machinery is found at the Northamptonwarehouse, erected by the North-Western Company,in 1881. In this warehouse there are two cranes ofthirty cwt. capacity, and two lO-cwt. friction jiggers,worked by a gas engine of eight , the first cost ofthe installation having bee
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