. Electric railway journal . t Line were described. As these meters have nowbeen in operation for one year it may be of interest tonote the results obtained and the conditions existingduring that period. This road operates between Balti-more and Annapolis, and is under the management ofAllen & Peck. The form for the motormans record of energy con-sumption as shown in the previous article now has anadditional column headed Minutes Over. The reasonfor considering the time element in a record whichalready took energy and stops into effect was that themotormen in their zeal to coast were prone to
. Electric railway journal . t Line were described. As these meters have nowbeen in operation for one year it may be of interest tonote the results obtained and the conditions existingduring that period. This road operates between Balti-more and Annapolis, and is under the management ofAllen & Peck. The form for the motormans record of energy con-sumption as shown in the previous article now has anadditional column headed Minutes Over. The reasonfor considering the time element in a record whichalready took energy and stops into effect was that themotormen in their zeal to coast were prone to do so atthe expense of schedule speed. With a schedule speedof and an average of stop per mile, anycoasting which is not inherent from efficient accelera-tion and braking quickly indicates itself as reducedschedule speed. After some months of operation, when it became ap- _n 1924 LJ 1915 THE MARYLAND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS COMPANY ^j^^^ (Ainapclii Short Line.) REPORT OF DELAYS Bound Date. METERS ON SHORT LINE—DELAY FORM USEFUL IN PENALIZINGFOR LOAFING parent that the motorman might be coasting at the ex-pense of running time, a careful analysis of transporta-tion delays was made with the view to determining thetime lost by abnormal coasting. The companys form No. 7, as illustrated herewith,provides for the recording of all delays to traffic insuch a manner that legitimate delays such as meetingpoints, waiting for targets, mechanical trouble, etc.,can readily be separated from just plain loafing. Theminutes lost by loafing or coasting at the expense ofschedule speed are multiplied by two and added to themotormans ampere-hour overs (see article of April10). The average figure, which is then posted for com-parison, is a composite one whose elements are timeand energy based on number of stops. The men quicklybecame acquainted with the fact that time was a livefactor in their records and the undue coasting ceased. The graph given in one of the acc
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