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Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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has sincebeen fostered and extended under the government man-agement. The most recent extension of note was the EnergyConsumptionMileage per ^ Traveled Energy Loeoniotive- Electric by Vehicle Consumption, Mile, Year Ending, Loco- Electric Mileage Kilowatt- Kilowatt-March 31 motives Locomotives Hauled Hours HoursMiles Miles 1913..: 10 87,722 536,215 1,642,050 18.72 1914 12 122,155 761,115 2,246,847 18.39 1915 , 12 136,409 900,879 2,549,124 18.69 1916 12 112,977 743,531 2,241,162 19.84 1917. . . 12 127,444 841,449 2,535,118 19.89 electrification of the Abt rail section across the UsuiPass, Shin-Etsu line, which was quite fully describedin the ELECTRIC RAILWAY Journal, Vol. 43, page 1393,June 20, 1914. The system used in this line was 600volts, direct-current, while that on some of the earlierelectrification work gn the Tokyo-Yokahama electrifi-cation employed 1200-volt direct current. The results of the electric locomotive operation overthe Usui Pass are given in the accompanying table.
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A FRONT YARD FIT FOR A RESIDENCE SECTION CAMP BURIED IN FOLIAGE Examples of Successful Planting by Pacific Electric Railway September 13, 1919 Electric Railway Journal 517 Pacific Electric Has Complete Parking Program Railway Finds Expenditure for Improving GroundsAround Buildings to Be a Profitable Investment By CLIFFORD A. ELLIOTT Cost Engineer, Engineering Department Pacific Electric Railway,I_.os Angeles, Cal. THE maintenance of way department of the PacificElectric Railway attempts systematically to utilizethe natural climatic conditions which prevail in itsterritory for the beautifying of grounds around substa-tions, passenger and freight stations, carhouses, shops,and section-camp grounds. In this semi-tropical climatelawns and terraces are green the year round, andtropical palms, flowers, trees and evergreen shrubberycontribute to the beauty ofthe landscape. For eightyears the department hashad an organization forhandling the parking beau-tification program. Thiscovers both th

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