. Electric railway journal . Wheel cf Trackless Bus with Built-in Motor higher than on street railways, owing to the greater friction ofthe rubber tires. It amounts to 80 watt-hours per ton-mile onthe horizontal and 90 to 120 watt-hours on lines with gradesfrom 4 per cent to 10 per cent. Compared with the number ofpassengers per car carried, however, the cost of current islower than on railway lines, as the weight of cars for 22 pas-sengers is only 2V2 tons. A rather curious ceremony is the inauguration of a trolley. Trackless Buses Interchanging Current Collectors line in a small Austrian cou
. Electric railway journal . Wheel cf Trackless Bus with Built-in Motor higher than on street railways, owing to the greater friction ofthe rubber tires. It amounts to 80 watt-hours per ton-mile onthe horizontal and 90 to 120 watt-hours on lines with gradesfrom 4 per cent to 10 per cent. Compared with the number ofpassengers per car carried, however, the cost of current islower than on railway lines, as the weight of cars for 22 pas-sengers is only 2V2 tons. A rather curious ceremony is the inauguration of a trolley. Trackless Buses Interchanging Current Collectors line in a small Austrian country town. After severaL-speechesconcerning the great importance of the new line have beenmade by the burgomaster and other authorities of the town andthe Government, there is begun a solemn clerical consecrationof the line, and in particular of the vehicles. Each car isblessed separately. One of the accompanying cuts shows theoldest priest of a town preparing to carry out this ceremony. Work will soon be started on an extension of the CentralLondon Railways tubes from the Bank to Liverpool Street,about T/2 mile. AUDITING EXPRESS AND RAILROAD EXPENSE BILLS LY CHARLES T. DOERR, PURCHASING AGENT, BIRMINGHAM (ALA.)RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY For convenience as well as for economical reasons manycompanies let their hauling of material and supplies to localtransfer companies and voucher the accumulated freight andexpress bills periodically. When this is done there is sometimesa tendency to make only a hurri
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