. Electric railway journal . 1,831,457 Based on 1917-1918 figure of direct current units () per car-mile, the consumption of units would have been 26,857,407 The actual units consumed from Sept. 26 to Dec. 25, 1918, were : 26,026,065 Showing a saving in units (kilowatt-hours) of 831,342 The average price paid for fuel was 37s. I Od. per ton, and the cost of fuel per direct current unit was equal to , . . 0. 622( total saving, therefore, was 831,342 units at 0, 622d. or a total of £2,154 I Is. 3d. Half this sum will be distributed in accordance with the scheme approved by the C
. Electric railway journal . 1,831,457 Based on 1917-1918 figure of direct current units () per car-mile, the consumption of units would have been 26,857,407 The actual units consumed from Sept. 26 to Dec. 25, 1918, were : 26,026,065 Showing a saving in units (kilowatt-hours) of 831,342 The average price paid for fuel was 37s. I Od. per ton, and the cost of fuel per direct current unit was equal to , . . 0. 622( total saving, therefore, was 831,342 units at 0, 622d. or a total of £2,154 I Is. 3d. Half this sum will be distributed in accordance with the scheme approved by the Council on June 25, 1918. This will amount to £ 53. 7d. This notice was issued Jan. 20, 1919, and the awardswere paid during the same week. The notice pointed outthat a much greater saving than 3 per cent and con-sequently a greater bonus could be obtained by furtherperseverance and care. Part II of this article, describing why and howfares were increased and what the results were, will bepublished in the next fueLtConservation poster used in l. c. c. power-saving CAMPAIGN Railways and Tramways in Holland Conditions During War and Future Trade Oppor-tunities Described by a Dutch ElectricRailway Manager H. F. Adams, recently general manager of the Haar-lem Electric Railway in Holland, is now in this country,as mentioned in a personal note in the issue of July interviewed by a representative of this paper,he had an interesting story to tell of the difficulties ofmaintaining electric railway service during the war in acountry which was neutral but very close both to thescene of hostilities and to Germany. Many of the effectsof the war on tramway operation experienced in thiscountry were duplicated in Holland but on a muchlarger scale. One reason for this is that Hollandin the past has manufactured little or no electric rail-way equipment and so has had to depend for its sup-ply on imports. Thus, most of the railway motors in thepast have come from Germany. Som
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