. Electric railway journal . xpensesand interest on the capital invested, is a deficit of £32, the year tramway extensions totaling 12 miles wereopened for traffic, making the line mileage 208, while anumber of new lines are under construction and furtherextensions are contemplated. Good progress has been madewith the erection of the new tramway power house atWhite Bay, Balmain, and a portion of the plant has beenerected on permanent foundations and is now under steam. November 22, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1109 ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES REPLACE EXPENSIVETRUCKING SERVICE The plant o
. Electric railway journal . xpensesand interest on the capital invested, is a deficit of £32, the year tramway extensions totaling 12 miles wereopened for traffic, making the line mileage 208, while anumber of new lines are under construction and furtherextensions are contemplated. Good progress has been madewith the erection of the new tramway power house atWhite Bay, Balmain, and a portion of the plant has beenerected on permanent foundations and is now under steam. November 22, 1913.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1109 ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES REPLACE EXPENSIVETRUCKING SERVICE The plant of the Chase Rolling Mill Company, Water-bury, Conn., is located about ij/2 miles from the nearestrailroad track and at an elevation considerably above therailroad. Heretofore all the hauling raw material andfinished product to and from the station has been handledby eight-horse teams. This proved to be expensive, cost-ing at least 50 cents a ton. Some construction data onthis extension were published in the Electric Railway. Truck Showing Outside-Hung Motors Journal for Aug. 30 in an article entitled Way Con-struction of the Connecticut Company. To replace theseteams an electric line miles long, with a maximum gradeof 5 per cent, was built from the railroad to the mill. TwoBaldwin-Westinghouse 45-ton electric locomotives werethen employed to handle the work formerly done withtwenty eight-horse teams. Each locomotive is equippedwith four Westinghouse Xo. 301-D-2, 100-hp, 600-voltmotors geared 17:60, type HL control, and No. airbrakes. The control equipment of these locomotives is mountedin the center of the locomotive and surrounded bv an
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