. The Street railway journal . Fiainfenance ofCc, !! U -i -i n 1, 0 -A S 1 00 1 ?5 t o 1 75 2* Weigh f of ^rain 0/frain tons FIG. 1.—DIAGRAMS FROM MANHATTANELEVATED 0 S L- 0 SI S ^, 0 8- S~ > 0 X 10— i St n J IX 1. •0 2 30 2 To I 00 3 7° 00 with any specified service. Figures regarding the cost of car-ing for equipments at terminals show interesting comparisons,and therefore some of them will be given. For the care of locomotives at terminal points, roundhousesmust be installed and maintained, and as these structures mustbe of a permanent character, their first cost is high. T
. The Street railway journal . Fiainfenance ofCc, !! U -i -i n 1, 0 -A S 1 00 1 ?5 t o 1 75 2* Weigh f of ^rain 0/frain tons FIG. 1.—DIAGRAMS FROM MANHATTANELEVATED 0 S L- 0 SI S ^, 0 8- S~ > 0 X 10— i St n J IX 1. •0 2 30 2 To I 00 3 7° 00 with any specified service. Figures regarding the cost of car-ing for equipments at terminals show interesting comparisons,and therefore some of them will be given. For the care of locomotives at terminal points, roundhousesmust be installed and maintained, and as these structures mustbe of a permanent character, their first cost is high. There is such a variation in the first cost of these plants thatit is impossible to give even an approximate estimate on this FIG. 3.—OPERATING COSTS OF TWENTY-TWO ELECTRIC RAILWAYS another point where 3100 locomotives are handled per month,the cost is $ per locomotive; at another point where 1500locomotives are handled per month, the cost is $ per loco-motive. The average being 2476 lo-comotives per month at $ per lo-comotive. The above figures do not in anycase include the cost of removingas
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