. Electric railway gazette . ble,or in some cases by fixed hydraulic, gas, or steammotors. The principal disadvaulage common to all linesworki d by component of gravity consists in the cx-C(ssive Edditional dead load due to the water bal-last, which entails not only a great deal of aidi-tional brake power jjer se, but a variety of com-plicated safety brakes, involving very careful man-ipulation ; while the three systems of fixed motorsare either uneconomical, or unwieldly and obso-lete. The superior advantages of cable traction byelectrical motors, as compared with all the othersystems referre
. Electric railway gazette . ble,or in some cases by fixed hydraulic, gas, or steammotors. The principal disadvaulage common to all linesworki d by component of gravity consists in the cx-C(ssive Edditional dead load due to the water bal-last, which entails not only a great deal of aidi-tional brake power jjer se, but a variety of com-plicated safety brakes, involving very careful man-ipulation ; while the three systems of fixed motorsare either uneconomical, or unwieldly and obso-lete. The superior advantages of cable traction byelectrical motors, as compared with all the othersystems referred to, have been attested by threelines in Switzerland, all of which have bten con-structed within the last four or five years, to wit:the Burgenstock, on the Lake of Lucerne ; tlieMonte Salvatore, on the Lake of Lugano ; and theStanserhorn, near the Lake of Lucerne, which lastnamed « as opened for traffic only last year. It isnot the purpose of this paper to give a detaileddescription of these lines; suffice it to point out. FIG. 3-HYOROSlATIC CAR WHEEL PRESS, Association have elected the following olliccrs:Joseph Chandler, president; M. F. Wood, secre-tary and treasurer; ,J. H. Brewster, O. P. Ergen-biijiht am! Erryvale and Neodeelui with theseKrouuds, their salient, and more especially their electricalfeatures. (((.) IliiniciiKlnck.—The summit level of this lineis 2,HS.| feet above the sea, the total rise being I,.11:!feet in a little over 1,1)01) yards, the iiiiniiiuiingrade ;!3, and the niaxiniiim .5H |ier cent. Electricmotive power for working the cable and ears is(iblaiiicd by high-tension (l,llOI)-volt) transmission MaoDi road on Nov. ii boforij tlio laytitutioa of Kloo-trloiil Kngirieiua, biiinlou. ^t Vol. XI. No. 25. SfREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 26? from a hydro-electric power station mil
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