. Electric railway journal . rely to the use of meters on thecars because there was also a decrease in the total num-ber of passengers hauled, which had some effect onpower consumed. This record of savings for the seven r. perle gers gersr-Mile r. perger toc s °S otalassen assenST Ca: tandi r - 12,444 13 Hoffman . 531 1,280 1,391 17 Guenther . .1,036 2,520 2,715 11,852 11 ■ Schroeder . 228 585 597 2,964 13 Boxwell .. 817 2,150 2,141 12,335 15 MacMillan . 924 2,440 2,421 10,689
. Electric railway journal . rely to the use of meters on thecars because there was also a decrease in the total num-ber of passengers hauled, which had some effect onpower consumed. This record of savings for the seven r. perle gers gersr-Mile r. perger toc s °S otalassen assenST Ca: tandi r - 12,444 13 Hoffman . 531 1,280 1,391 17 Guenther . .1,036 2,520 2,715 11,852 11 ■ Schroeder . 228 585 597 2,964 13 Boxwell .. 817 2,150 2,141 12,335 15 MacMillan . 924 2,440 2,421 10,689 11 Padeskie . .1,001 2,650 2,623 12,718 12 Sarsgard . .1,000 2,723 2,621 10,839 11 Carstens .. 841 2,295 2,204 11,154 13 1,077 3,000 2,822 11,380 ,1,002 2,845 2,626 12,333 12 Average kilowatt-hours per car-mile. . KILOWATT HOUR METER RECORD. BARN DATE months in 1915 as compared with the same period in1914 is shown in one of the accompanying charts. There also has been a remarkable improvement in theadjustment of brake tension at the carhouse during theperiod the meters have been in use. At the presenttime when a car leaves the carhouse with improper braketension, the motorman immediately reports the defect,because if the brakes are tight they increase the powerconsumption and reduce correspondingly the standingof the motorman. In 1911 this company used an aver-age of lb. of brakeshoes per 1000 car-miles, andin 1915 this was re-duced to lb.,which represented asaving of 5% percent. In one class ofservice six cars wereoperating on a lineunder practicallythe same conditions,five cars wereequipped with mod-ern interpole motorsand the sixth carwas equipped withless efficient motorsof non - interpoletype. In order todetermine the ef-ficiency of these mo-tors the motormenwere interchangedseveral times and their averag
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