. Book of the Royal blue . VIEW OF BALT order, 200 tons each, while the average ofthe entire twenty-four reaches 170 tonseach. In round figures the total is 4,000 tonsor 8,000,000 pounds. Roughly estimated,say at 10 cents a pound, this would standfor $800,000 as representing the cost ofthese modern monsters of the rail. Addanother §200,000 as the value of the re-maining locomotives on exhibition—thereare thirty odd of modern type all told—and Si ,000,000 is by no means a high figure ting. As for instance where locomotiveshave been constructed on order with theunderstanding that delivery and pa
. Book of the Royal blue . VIEW OF BALT order, 200 tons each, while the average ofthe entire twenty-four reaches 170 tonseach. In round figures the total is 4,000 tonsor 8,000,000 pounds. Roughly estimated,say at 10 cents a pound, this would standfor $800,000 as representing the cost ofthese modern monsters of the rail. Addanother §200,000 as the value of the re-maining locomotives on exhibition—thereare thirty odd of modern type all told—and Si ,000,000 is by no means a high figure ting. As for instance where locomotiveshave been constructed on order with theunderstanding that delivery and paymentshould be after the close of the , in the one way or the other,these idle locomotives, indicative of thevery highest development, undeniably dorepresent a large sum of money in the shapeof what they undoubtedly would earn werethey serving the purpose of their creation,instead of constituting inanimate objects ofawe and admiration of mans nerve in going 18 LOCOMOTIVE TONNAGE AT THE WORLDS SECTION OF BALTIMORE 4 OHIO EXHIBIT. TKANSIOKTATION BUILDINO, WdliLliS FAIR. LOCOMOTIVE TONNAGE AT THE WORLDS FAIR. 19 to, what would seem, the limit in the lineof the gigantic. Unquestionably theywould all be under steam and demonstrat-ing their huge tractive power, but for theExposition. To get at the earning capacity of a loco-motive definitelj is so dependent uponconditions that almost any basis one shouldstart from may be open to difference ofopinion. It might be regarded as a reason-able procedure to take the annual earningsof a railroad company, reduce the sameto earnings per day — dividing by .ii).5. figure and the twenty-four big fellowsrepresent .$6,000 per day. Lump theothers at -Si,500 additional and you ,500 per day. This for eight months—the Exposition period and two weeks ateach end of it—and the total becomes$1,800,000. To arrive at the cost of maintaining alocomotive, or, railroad exhibit, is to takevery many things into considera
Size: 1250px × 1999px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbaltimoreandohiorailr, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
