The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-11

II. .04O 900 tons.
Required to evaporate moisture con-
tained by the, coal 100000 tons.
Lost through Incomplete combus tion OF
gases, 720 900 tons,
Lost through heat OF gases discharged
from stack, l0,0SO,O 900 tons.
60, 900 tons.
Lost through unconsumed fuel in the
ash, 2.SS0. 900 tons.
Lost through radiation leakage OF
steam and water etc, $3.50, 900 tons.
Total yearly consumption, 10000, 900
tons.
The Electrical Side
A report of the failure Of electrical
power compared with the steam locomo-
tive, wasteful as the locomotive is, in
Switzerland, reads in part as follows:
The Seebach- WettIngen line is a stand
length, in the vicinity of Zurich The
elcctrlhcation was entered into upon the
suggestion OF the Oerlikon machine
works, which proposed to equip electric
ally part OF the road at its own ex-
pensc, as the company wanted to make
actual service tests of heavy electrical
equipment
1t may be said here, that this partic-
ular line was chosen more on account of
It's proximity to the electrical works
than from other advantages IT offered,
bach to AfIotern was completed In 1904.
In 1906 the Siemens -Schuckert company,
which works in alliance with the OerIi-
kon firm in Swiss territory. Joined in the
electrihcation and equipped the line from
Regensdorp to Wettingen.
Electrical operation of the entire line
December /. 1907, The road was equipped
to use l5,000-volt, sngle-phase alternat-
Ing current on the overhead trolley.
The first locomotive was made before
the introduction Of single phase motors
in a practical form, but this was after
wards rebuilt. and the rolling, stock In
It's linal development included three loco
motives using single-phase motors. The
service came TO be very satisfactory and
dependable.
Looked to Be Successful
Regarding this, the last annual report
Of the Oerlikon company says:
"Our standards developed have been
shown TO be excellent and arc being
adopted In various new projects on the
continent. To give an example In SwitZ-
erland, we have tue use OF our system on
the Loetschberg line which is now being
built by the BcrReSe- Alps company.
The system is approved by numerous
engineers. 1t is hoped that with the sys-
tenn developed and tried with success on
used on the Loetschberg railway, and on
others building or projected we VIII
reach the point when many Swiss main
lines WIFI use this electric system"
The original agreement with the fed
eral railway system provided that the
Ocrlikon company was 10 operate the
cember l. 1907. According to the agree
ment the plant was TO be under the
general control Of the fedora! railways
but the electric company was to furnish
al Its own expense the locomotives, the
power and the service personnel
The Official Agreement.
The company was to run the trains on
the regular schedule. being responsible
for all damage to persons and property.
The federal railways were TO allow the
company q, compensation of 60 centlmes
per train -kllometer
Al the conclusion of the test the fed
eral railways were To have tile option
OF making an agreement 10 take over the
electrical equipment or OF ordering 1t
removed.
The original agreement was extended
10 July g. 1909. at which time II was
terminated by the railroad officials,
From the beginning the electric loco
motives ran O. total OF 1870 train -kllo-
meters (s0,60O train niles, amounting
20 16,1ol,s9S gross -kilometcrs co.
10000 ton milcs). II was no secret that
the electric company had hoped and ex-
pected that the government would take
over the equipment and continue electri-
cal operation of the road; indeed, the
thought 10 he favorable for electrifcation
of large part of the mileage.
The State Refuses.
But the state refused TO continue with
electricity. and the governing reason why
tho new motive power was abandoned
was that electrical operation was found
to cost about 81 900 per year more than
with steam locomotives. a sum equal 10
more than $1,000 per mile of road per
year.
The Oerlikon company proposed to
demonstrate lower operating costs, II
! given a further opportunity. but the gov
ernment apparently had reasons for not
wishing 90 continue the tests
Switzerland has stood for some time as
the classical Illustration OF country
where clectrlfcaton would prove most
economical. II Is place of severe
grades. many tunnels and coal Is high