. Electric railway gazette . ntrol from Either Platform without the use of any Wasteful Resistance,All Wear Reduced to a Minimum, Best Mechanical and Electrical Constructionand Workmanship. Report of the East Cleveland Railway. (SPRAGUE SYSTEM.) FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 1889. 17 --- - Cars on Duty. 487 - Car Days. 45,640 - ---. Miles Run. Average Car Mileage per Day. --- - Maximum Car Mileage in One Day. The following Runs per day were made: 2 runs of 193 miles. 190 23 170 22 165 1 159 23 153 27 148 37 142 34 2 1 1 3 4 6 9 The duty required of these cars was constant and of the harde
. Electric railway gazette . ntrol from Either Platform without the use of any Wasteful Resistance,All Wear Reduced to a Minimum, Best Mechanical and Electrical Constructionand Workmanship. Report of the East Cleveland Railway. (SPRAGUE SYSTEM.) FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 1889. 17 --- - Cars on Duty. 487 - Car Days. 45,640 - ---. Miles Run. Average Car Mileage per Day. --- - Maximum Car Mileage in One Day. The following Runs per day were made: 2 runs of 193 miles. 190 23 170 22 165 1 159 23 153 27 148 37 142 34 2 1 1 3 4 6 9 The duty required of these cars was constant and of the hardest kind. They were obliged to runat the highest rate of speed all the time. The line passes two steam railway crossings. THERE WERE NO RESERVE CARS. One Car Averaged 1 miles per day for the entire month. 31 runs of 136 miles. .--- 131 125 121 1 19 114 108 102 Write for circulars and full information in regard to the Sprague System to THE SPRAGUE ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND MOTOR CO. 16 <& 18 BroadL Street, HE^WT (Copyiighted. September, 1889.) Vol. IV. SEPTEMBER, 1889. No. 9 Electric Railways. The Storage Battery System. Theory in electric traction seems to be a thingof the past. Never has practice followed soclosely on the heels of theory as in the case ofthe application of electricity as a motive power,for the propulsion of street cars. While twoyears ago street railroad men were justlyskeptical as to the success of electricity as amotive power in its then undeveloped form, theyto-day seem to vie with one another to be thefirst in the field to adopt this new and attractive company, operating on the Fourth and Madisonavenue lines, in New York City, No. 7 ran over6,000 miles and carried over 80,000 passengers,without costing one dollar for repairs. Having proved that a storage battery carcould be built that would be reliable, the Juliencompany began the construction of thirty (30)cars at the works of the John Stephenson com-pany, based on the experience gained by carN
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