. The street railway review . FIG. 5.~LOCOMOTIVE FOR CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY. mand c f the motors in accelerating the trains on the ele-vated roads will appreciate that more than a third of thetotal energ^y can be saved by the assistance of gravity. The progress of the work is very satisfactory; the foun-dations of the power house are laid; of the 22,800 yds. oftunneling only a mile yet remains to be driven, and the. FIG. 6.—CROSS SECTION OF TUNNEL. American factories are preparing to fill their orders prompt-ly at the time set in the contracts. It is expected that therailway will be opened for
. The street railway review . FIG. 5.~LOCOMOTIVE FOR CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY. mand c f the motors in accelerating the trains on the ele-vated roads will appreciate that more than a third of thetotal energ^y can be saved by the assistance of gravity. The progress of the work is very satisfactory; the foun-dations of the power house are laid; of the 22,800 yds. oftunneling only a mile yet remains to be driven, and the. FIG. 6.—CROSS SECTION OF TUNNEL. American factories are preparing to fill their orders prompt-ly at the time set in the contracts. It is expected that therailway will be opened for traffic within 12 months. WANTS A SAFETY BRAKE FOR LONGGRADES. The manager of a western road with a very long 6 percent grade desires suggestions as to the best track brake touse in addition to his wheel brakes. He has already hadtwo or three runaways, fortunately without any serious re-sults, and as the line leads from a pleasure resort fromwhich heavy loads travel all summer he desires to takeevery possible precaution against accident. His presentsystem of wheel brakes he considers first class, so far as itgoes, but is anxious to supplement it with some form oftrack brake. We shall be pleased to publish any sugges-tions our readers may be good enough to send us. RATES OF FARES IN OLEAN, N. Y. The Olean Street Railway Company has recently issueda book of rules governing its employes and giving the rateso
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