The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-06

high Platforms and switch tracks
serve the warehouses all through.
The landGand buildings Of the Char.
lotte terminals cost $5O0,OOO. The
terminals at Greenville and Spartan
burg cost practically the same amount.
and those, at Anderson about $40O.-
600. At Greenwood the company has
Joint arrangement for terminals
with the Seaboard Air Line. The
buildings at Charlotte are OF concrete
construction. Those in the South
Carolina cities are OF mill construc-
tion.
The main company shops arc at
Greenville. The building is of brick.
conforming to the standard type of
other buildings of the road. 1t is
completely and most modernly equip
ped. Building and land cost sl50,-
600; equipment. $250.O0O. There is
another shop at Pinoca, near Char
lotte. which has cost about sl5O,OOO.
The freight equipment consists of
" freight carrying electric locomo-
tives. eight box type locomotives ana
freight car equipment OF all steel
standard type cars. such as steam
railroads use. Six big new locomo-
tiVes. designed and built by the Cen
eral Electric company, have just been
put In use. These engines weigh 63
l-2 tons, and are rated to haul
train of 1000 tons gross weight
Each locomotive is driven by four
motors. geared to an axle, SO that all
the axles are driving axles. The
technical description of this typc oI
engine Is as follows.
Length of inside knuckles, 81 fee,
!: inches; length over cab. 27 feet;
height to trolley base, 13 feet; width
over ali, " feet inches; rigid whecl
base. fet; 2 inches; track gauge,
9. feet i-2 :. hes; tractivc effort a,
20 per cent. 'o-eficent, 10000
pounds; trattiv' at one hour
ra,'ng. 1900 pou..e; c.'vc effort
at continuous rc;'u., 1920 pounds;
weight per driving axle. 31.75O
pounds; weight electrical equipmen,
$1,000 pounds; weight mechanical
equipment, $500 pounds; totai
weight on drivers. $4,000 pounds.
The smaller type Of engine used is
not essentially different in principle
It's rating. however. Is for L, liaulage
OF 500 tons gross. instead OF 1000.
The line is operated IOn high voltage.
I,5OO volts direct current
The passcng~r equipment now. con.
| sists OF 23 motor driven trcily ears,
made by the Jewct. Car company, o,
Newark. Ohio. They are 65 feet
| long, Of highest standard construc-
ton and luxurious finished, and are
comfortable riding at their capacity
| speed OF 60 miles an hour. They are
ODer0ted In service nj
schedule speed of 48 miles an hour
There have been ordered, delivery to
begin In June. ten new all steel pas-
senger cars, to be used as trailers.
| Also, two 5teel parior cars, with OBJ
/ scrvation end-as fine as any steam
road has-to be used as trailers. All
the passenger cars are electric light
; ed and heated, and have the maxi
| mum OF comfort and convenience to
| ne found in modern passenger cars.
The earnings Of the road, both
freight and passenger, are stated tu
be very satisfactory for a new road.
There were 1000 people handled by
| the 23 1-2 mile Nor tn Carolina divis-
! lon on Mecklenburg Day, May 20. and
| the road handles an average OF 5000
every day.
Beginning May 81. sleeping car
service will be ineugureted between
Spartanburg and Atlanta The car
will be delivered to the Seaboard Air
Line at 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 roaG
| to Durham and the opening of the
Cllnchfield route to the north on the
completion of the Elkhorn City ex-
tension. A recent event on the i'll,
terurban was the gathering up of b
trafnload OF excursionists along tho
line between Greenwood and Spartan.
burg bound for a day at Altapass.
The. electric road hauling 1t with one
of the smaller type engines, turned tn.
! several coach train over to the C. T..
& o. at SpartanbuTg and received -
there on the return trip.
Arrangements have been made by
the new road FOR all kinds of pas-
senger business 8 Including the issu-
ance Of mileage books Plans have
been perfected with ali connecting
roads-SeaboarG. Southern, Atlantic
Coast Line, Carolina, Clinchfield &
Oh1o-apd also with all the railronds
In the country, for the Interchange
OF business at steam road rates.
The Piedmont & Northern can thus
bill freight anywhere that steam. rail-
roads go. and can issue bills OF lan-
Ing for foreign shipments anywhere
IN the world and at the same rates
any other road can offer. 81
E Local daily package cars have been
ISput on for service TO and from Ports.
Emouth and Richmond and all points
f9h the electric, road. These cars car.
~ eastern freight. from steamers ana
i lrailsoeds.- with an average time from