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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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00,-000 by capital from New York, Boston and Philadelphia investedin interurban roads, not one of which could have been financedunder the provisions of the proposed Nash code. The franchiseis one of the first things financiers look at in furnishing moneyfor such a road. Twenty-five years is short enough period underwhich to sell bonds, but ten years is out of the question. Electric Locomotive for Freight and Industrial Service The establishment of interurban roads and the development ofthe freight and express business of these lines have created ademand for electric locomotives for hauling heavy trains in placeof single cars mounted on electric trucks. Up to the presenttime, heavy railroad service has not received as much attentionat the hands of electrical engineers as the street railway and ele-vated service. For this reason the field has been left practicallyto the steam locomotives, but in many cases it has been foundthat electric locomotives can be conveniently and profitably em-
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FIG. I.—FOUR-WHEELED, TWO-MOTOR, ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FOR HAULING COAL AND ASHES OF BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY time hooks upon which to hang wraps and hats. All the trim-mings and furnishings throughout the car blend harmoniously andpresent a very attractive appearance. The car has a seatingcapacity of thirty-one people. The dimensions of the car, as rebuilt, are as follows: Lengthover all, 40 ft. 8 ins.; height, 12 ft. 5 ins.; width, 7 ft. 10 ins.; dis-tance between bolsters, 21 ft. 3J/2 ins. The car body is mounted on Peckham No. 14 B-3 double trucks,with four 12-A 30 motors, K-12 controllers, Christensen air equip-ment, arc and incandescent head lights, trolley catchers and twotrolley poles. To Defeat Twenty-Five-Year Clause in Ohio The traction interests of the State are exerting every effort todefeat the clause in the proposed code for Ohio cities, which pro-vides that railway franchises shall be for twenty-five years, andthat every ten years they shall be subject to change

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