. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . is not acomplete parallel. But their treatmentshould, at least, be approached with abroad comprehension of past lessons andpresent facts. What system will give thepublic the best service, stable and cheaprates, the best developed routes? Is itthe rate-cutting, competitive system? Oris it the State regulated service of com-bined interests working in co-operationwith land routes? That is the sole question that shouldbe considered. It is greatly to be regrettedthat the Commissioner of Corporations isconducting his investigation as if therewas something sacre
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering . is not acomplete parallel. But their treatmentshould, at least, be approached with abroad comprehension of past lessons andpresent facts. What system will give thepublic the best service, stable and cheaprates, the best developed routes? Is itthe rate-cutting, competitive system? Oris it the State regulated service of com-bined interests working in co-operationwith land routes? That is the sole question that shouldbe considered. It is greatly to be regrettedthat the Commissioner of Corporations isconducting his investigation as if therewas something sacred about competitionand that no possible alternative existed. No Kid. There are some enterprising youngstersin Hartford. One of them Fmoking acigarette went up to the ticket office andsaid: Half return to Boston. What,a kid like you smoking a cignrctte? saidthe ticket agent. Whorc you calling akid? cried the youngster, Im , are you? Full fnre please. 26 RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. Jamiary. 1913. Electrical Department. SUUTIIKRX PACIFIC ELECTRIC LDCOMOTIVE. Electric Locomotives for the SouthernPacific. Recently the .Soutlierii Iacinc orderedfifteen 60-ton electric locomotives to beused for freight and suitchins service nntheir clcctrilied lines in Calitornia, thefirst of which has just In-en arc equipped for operation on both600 and 1200 volts as were the locomo-tives for the Piedmont Traction Co. de-scribed in our June issue. The mechanicalparts were built by the Baldwin Locomo-tive Works and the electrical apparatusby the Westingliouse Elec. & Mfg. Co. The capacity of these locomotives issuch that a tractive effort of 5,600 11)s. canbe exerted continuously with natural ven-tilation. In order to increase the capacityblowers arc provided for forcing airthrough the motors to cool same andallow for more current to be sent tliroughthe motors without overheating them;This increased current means increasedtractive effort, and witli the forced ventila
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