. The street railway review . 5 27 Kate of cost per mile of route $ $ •Average trips per week 9 27 ^.ijO Deductions from payments for electric an<l cable car service forthe year ending June .10, 1904, amoimtcd to $5,; remissions ofdeductions were $,1; fines assessed were $;». fine* rcinitteil.$ The rates for the most part arc .1 cents per mile for pouch serviceand Yi cent [ler foot per mile for compartment cars. ■♦•♦- Sinnle-Pliase Locomotive for Sweden. The locomotixe illustrated herewith was recently .<|nipped Ilr theSwedish government by the Westin
. The street railway review . 5 27 Kate of cost per mile of route $ $ •Average trips per week 9 27 ^.ijO Deductions from payments for electric an<l cable car service forthe year ending June .10, 1904, amoimtcd to $5,; remissions ofdeductions were $,1; fines assessed were $;». fine* rcinitteil.$ The rates for the most part arc .1 cents per mile for pouch serviceand Yi cent [ler foot per mile for compartment cars. ■♦•♦- Sinnle-Pliase Locomotive for Sweden. The locomotixe illustrated herewith was recently .<|nipped Ilr theSwedish government by the Westinghoiisc Electric & Manufactur-ing Co. It is designed for using a trolley pressure of 18,000 voltsin the open country and other pressures ranging as low as .ixxx)volts in more thickly populated districts. Such high pressuresnecessitate the use of an oil cooled main auto-transformer andan oil-break circuit breaker. The control system is electro-pneu-matic and consists of an air compressor driv^ .v n ^inglc-phasc. \SE ^TIVE CAR, SWEDEN alternating current motor, an air motor on the induction cylinders on the circuit breaker and reverscr. and the neces-sary magnet valves. The same compressor will also furnish air forthe brakes and Sanders. Arrangements for multiple unit operationare provided and the master switch is so located that its operatorhas an unobstructed view. The complete locomotive weighs 25 tons, all of which weight 1-carried by four 41-in. drive wheels. A single-phase 150-h. p. motor is geared to each of the two axles through gearshaving a reduction ratio of 18 to 70. These motors have showntheir ability to handle a 70-ton train ai 40 miles per hour withoutexceeding the rise of temperature for which they were designed. .\ through express and freight schedule, with two trips each waya day, is now being run between Kalamazoo and Detroit. About 45-^ hrs. are required for the run. Subject to the approval of the
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