. Electric railway journal . with 1899,when the average capacity was 500 kw., the figure roseto about 1800 kw. the next year, fell to below 500 following year and has since been consistently tend-ing upward, reaching a maximum of 25,000 kw. in fell to 12,000 kw. in 1916 and rose again to about30,000 kw. in 1917. Japanese manufacturers of electrical apparatus areplanning to show their independence of Germany as asource of electric locomotives. Four locomotives are tobe built for the Usui electrification as a start. 844 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 52, No. 19 Saving $3,000 Per Ye
. Electric railway journal . with 1899,when the average capacity was 500 kw., the figure roseto about 1800 kw. the next year, fell to below 500 following year and has since been consistently tend-ing upward, reaching a maximum of 25,000 kw. in fell to 12,000 kw. in 1916 and rose again to about30,000 kw. in 1917. Japanese manufacturers of electrical apparatus areplanning to show their independence of Germany as asource of electric locomotives. Four locomotives are tobe built for the Usui electrification as a start. 844 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 52, No. 19 Saving $3,000 Per Year in CoalHandling St. Joseph Company Installs Coal-HandlingEquipment and Increases Storage Capacityfrom 250 to 10,000 Tons AS A PART of the program of remodeling the powerplant of the St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat &Power Company, St. Joseph, Mo., a complete coal-handling equipment was placed in operation last to that time all coal was handled by hand fromthe cars direct to the plant from a spur track of but. FIG. 1- -CRANE AT WORK TRANSFERRING COAL FROMCARS TO CRUSHER. two cars capacity to a storage bin having a capacityof only a few hours supply. At present the coal is delivered by the Chicago,Burlington & Quincy Railroad to a spur track of tencars capacity. This track lies immediately adjacentto a large storage space, through the center of whichoperates a 20-ton locomotive crane built by Orton &Steinbrenner, Chicago. The crane unloads the coal fromthe cars direct to a 30-ton Williams swing-hammer coalcrusher, as shown in Fig. 1. From the crusher thecoal is delivered to a 16-in. inclined-belt conveyor,which in turn deposits it upon a 16-in. horizontal-beltconveyor of 118-ft. span across the Burlington tracks.
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