The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-09
I1otersgrbQta Electric
System Ere CQrOliraas

Carolina cities are OF mill construc-
tion.
The main company shops are at
Greenville. The building Is OF brick.
conforming to tho standard type of
other buildings OF the road. 1t lie
completely and most mOdernly equip
ped. Building and land cost $3.50.
600: equipment, $250.OOO. There is
another shop at Pinoca. near Char
iotte. which has cost about $i5O,OOO.
| The freight equipment consists of
IL freight carrying electric locomo-
tives. eight box type locomotives ana
q freight car equipment OF all steel
standard type cars. such as steam
railroads use. Six big new locomo-
tives. designed and built by the Gem
eral Electric company. have just been
put In use. These engines weigh 63
l-2 tons. and are rated to haul a
train Of 1000 tons gross weight.
Each locomotive is driven by foui
motors. geared TO an axle. 30 that all
the axles are driving axies. The
technical description Of this type OF
engine is as follows,
Length Of inside knuckles. 81 feet
inches; length oyer cab, q feet:
height to trolley base, 13 feet; width
over all. feet inches; rigid whee,
base, feet inches: track gauge,
feet 8 1-2 inches; tractive effort a,
20 per cent. co-efficient, 3O,O0U
pounds; tractive effort at one hour
rating, 10000 pounds; tractiye effort
at continuous rating, II 200 pounds;
weight per driving axle. 31.750
pounds; weight electrical equipmen,
1 37.5O0 pounds. weight mechanicai
equipment. $500 = pounds: total
weight on drivers. $4,000 pounds.
The smaller type Of engine used Is
not essentially different In principle
Its rating. however. Is for hailage
OF 500 tons gross, instead of 1000
The line is operated on high voltage
$500 volts direct current.
The passenger equipment now con.
sists OF 23 motor driven trolly cars,
made by the Jewett Car company, OF
Newark, Ohio. They are Is, feet
long, OF highest standard construc-
tion and luxurious finished, and are
comfortable riding at their capacity
speed Of GO miles an hour. They are
operated in service at O maximum
schedule spred Of 48 miles an hour.
There have been ordered, delivery to
begin in June, ten new oil steel pas
senger cars. to- be Used as trailers.
Also, two steel parlor, cars, with OBJ
servationN end--as fine as any steam
road has-to he used as trailers. All
the passenger cars are electric light
cd snd heated, and, have the maxi
mum OF comfort ara convenience to
be found in modern passenger; cars.
The earnings Of tis road, both
eight and npaasengnE, are stated t.
be- very satisfactory for. q new ROAD.
There were 1000 people handled by
the ,23 La mile North Carolina divis-
Ion on Mecklenburg Day. May 90. and
The road handles an average of 5000
every day '4ii'o ..is'., ;,.'i- '',ii'ssss.-
Beginning May 31.s sleeping car
service VIII be inaugurated between
Spartanturg and Atlanta. The car
Will be delivered TO the Seaboard Air
Line .ist Greenwood It is not diff
cult to foresee time when through
sleeping cars from northern and
eastern cities Will be routed over this
line, with the completion OF the road
to Durham and the opening OF the
CiinchfieId route to the north on the
completion of the Elkhorn City ex-
tension. A recent event on the In
terurban was the gathering up of Il
trainload of excursionists along tho
line between Greenwood and Spartan.
: burg bound for d day at .Altapass.
The electric road hauling 1t with one
. of the smaller type engines, turned thu
several coach train over to the C. G..
q O.. at Spartanburg and received II
there on the return trip. tssl - .s
Arrangements have been made by
; the new road for all kinds OF paa-
senger business, Including the (. issu-
ance OK mileage books. Plans have
been perfected u with ..ali connecting
. roads ds-Seaboard. >SontheEn;S- Atlantic
:, Coast LINE. Carolina, Cllnchfield &
Ohio-andi alao with all the railroads
In the country for sthe interchange
OF, business at steam road rates. si y
- The Piedmont e Northern can thun
bill freight anywhers that steam rail-
|, roads &c, and can issue bills OF lao,
Ing -or foreign shipments anywhere
i In < 40 world and at the same rates
any other road can offer.
Local daily package cars have been
put on for service I'd and from Ports
mouth and Richmond and all points
on tho electric road. These cars car.
~ eastern freight. from steamers and
railroads, with an average time from
New York and eastern points To points
, on this line Of four days. The elec-
trio road introduced this service. ma.
ferfally shortening the time former.
"; taken for shipments. y which :, was
from six TO seven days. - q, ~
y II Is interesting to note the present
! day deyelopmeht. ID this territory.
! !.A1;pnE The. lines .9 of the eleettic ,roao
I ai! now Operated there are 81 Cotton
4 EAlls with 2,2O2, SOC & spindiss and
!. 1867 looms Thirty ak a Of \ tn.,se
i fnilla ore located on the 23 el@2 :smiio.,
sosa g s hsrs hars sspis sss1es s,a: &
$b1, 900. .agq. Sand !, make, print cloth,