The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-27
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methods of handling traffic such as
a more frequent train service. which
electricity carries with it, This, in
turn. necessitated the elimination of
all tracks. streets and highway
grade crossings, together with radical
changes In passenger station facilities
and an increase in the unmber of
main tracks for handling a larger
number of high and low speed units,
as well as the substitution of auto
matte IN place of manually operated
signals.
An idea of the transportation sys-
TEN of this road can lac CLEANED from
the fact that its two power stations
generate some $4,000 horse power,
and that three million pounds of cop
per were utilized in the wires and
cables. The method used for con-
veying the electricity to the engine
is the third rail, as in the West Jer-
sey & Seashore road, and in our sub
way. The electric locomotives are
capable of so miles an hour
Following the example of the New
York Central, the New York, New
Haven & Hartford road underwent
electrifcation. Here the current was
fed from overhead wires, the trolley
pole" as we are accustomed TO call it,
being OF peculiar construction to bear
the strain of the high speed
Another notable change is that of the
Long Island railroad whose so miles
of track were electrified to meet the
requirements of its suburban service
out of New York. 1t has been the
congested transportation of the east
which has SO far received the most
attention in the matter of changing
from one system to another
The above changes were regarded
by the railway companies as expert
mental. There were disadvantages
due to weather changes, although the
effects of snow and sleet on heavy
traffic were no where as large as
prophesised. But the advantages in
favor of electric traction were many.
For instance, the safety of the travel
ing public can be better safe guarded
because ii is possible to arrange the
"blocks" SO that train passing from
one block into the next would cut off
the power in the block behind, and
collisions would be impossible. The
power could be as easily cut off by an
operator in d tower station.
Also, a speed of one hundred miles
an hour can be easily and safely at
tanned. Again, when traffic is on the
increased on certain railways, and
roadbeds and bridges were never in
tended for locomotives and trains of
certain weight, the progressive step
would be the installation of the ell
ectric system, with its much lighter
locomotives. Quicker starts and
stops can be effected than on the
steam roads, so that much better
average schedule of train service is
obtainable No time is lost in taking
on water and fuel, or in transposing
the position of the locomotive from
the rear to the front of the train.
The fact is that no feature of OPP
GRAFTON is receiving greater attention
from steam railway managers than
that of electrifcation. A well known
steam railway official recently said
improvements are continually going
on in electrical engineering, and
when the point is reached where
greater economy and better service
can be obtained by electricity than by
steam locomotives the steam railways
in sheer self defense will be compel
led to adopt electricity"