. Electric railway gazette . andthe cross-overs show where notaps are made. The powerhouse is located near the via-duct at about pole 42, as isshown by the point from whichthe feeders emanate. The speed curves are verydifferent from those of thePikesville road already shown,although the scale is the samein all. As before, this curvewas obtained from the auto-graphic record of the Boyerspeed recorder by simply re-plotting it to the scale of thetest sheet. Its irregularity isdue mainly to the fact thatthe curves are sharp and veryfrequent, and that the trackin many places is so poor thatthe see-


. Electric railway gazette . andthe cross-overs show where notaps are made. The powerhouse is located near the via-duct at about pole 42, as isshown by the point from whichthe feeders emanate. The speed curves are verydifferent from those of thePikesville road already shown,although the scale is the samein all. As before, this curvewas obtained from the auto-graphic record of the Boyerspeed recorder by simply re-plotting it to the scale of thetest sheet. Its irregularity isdue mainly to the fact thatthe curves are sharp and veryfrequent, and that the trackin many places is so poor thatthe see-sawing of the car pre-vents any high speed frombeing attained. The averagespeed was miles per hourfor the round trip as comparedwith 20 miles per hour on thePikesville road. From RolandPark to Lakeside the track ismuch better, and the curveshave a larger radius, and theaverage speed is . miles perhour as compared with City Hall and RolandPark. The -curves of amperes. show the current to be quite >s m. October 5, 1895. ELECTRIC RAILWAY GAZETTE. 235 3 o 5 > !-> £? 0 § > o 5. /0 ^ m -^- so ^c


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