. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ited States metallicpacking, asbestos boiler covering. pered by specifications. He only wants thebest system that can be obtained, provid-ing for at least twenty-two trains an New York man is here conferringwith the agent of Mr. Yerkes, the Amer-ican railroad magnate, in the interest ofthe Americans behind the Hamstead Elec-tric Underground Railway. He says thelatter line will be in operation much soonerthan the public expects. When it is goingwell other lines will be considered thatcan easily rel
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ited States metallicpacking, asbestos boiler covering. pered by specifications. He only wants thebest system that can be obtained, provid-ing for at least twenty-two trains an New York man is here conferringwith the agent of Mr. Yerkes, the Amer-ican railroad magnate, in the interest ofthe Americans behind the Hamstead Elec-tric Underground Railway. He says thelatter line will be in operation much soonerthan the public expects. When it is goingwell other lines will be considered thatcan easily relieve the congestion in Lon-don 75 per cent., if the authorities willconcede rights to surface lines. It is un-derstood that experimental shafts haveshown that Mr. Yerkes need not go any-where lower than 75 feet, while the aver-age depth of the line will be 45 feet. Electricity and the Railroad. Whenever a railroad man is frankenough to speak of the limitations of thepresent locomotive, the electrical enthusi-asts immediately seize it as an admissionthat it is doomed. This to them means. DICKSON S SADDLE TANK ENGINE. To Change the Motive Power of Un-derground Railways. A dispatch recently received from Lon-don says: Tenders for a contract to equip the oldMetropolitan Underground Railway withelectric traction will be opened on Decem-ber 1st. The abandonment of steam onthis line is due to the foulness of the tun-nel, and it has been projected for a longtime. It is estimated that the change willcost at least £5,000,000. Competition for the contract is confinedto Great Britain, the United States, Ger-many and France. The American biddersare the Thomson-Houston and Westing-house companies. The latter company isrushing work on its plant at Manchester,where it will employ 5,000 hands. It isestablishing a plant at Rugby, where 3,000hands are already at work. There are fiveEnglish, four German and two Frenchcompetitors. The companys engineer, Sir WilliamPreece, says the bidders will not
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