The Street railway journal (1886) (14575004080)

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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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219 per year $87,600. Wear and tear 5 per cent of $142,000 (Table C.) 7,100. $94,700. Interest 6 per cent of $200,000. (Table C.).... 12,120. $106,820, TABLE E. Cable tramway. Construction and equip-ment. Track, 10 miles @ $7,000 $70,000. Cars, 40® $900 36,000. Conduit, 10 miles ® $40,000 400,000. Steam power plant 25,000. Curves 8,000. Driving machinery and sheaves 7,500. Building and foundations 10,000. Engineering 10,000. $566,500. TABLE F. Cable tramway. Annual running expenses. Coal 10>£ tons per day @ $2.50 $9,581. Engineer $2.50 and assistant $1.50 1.460 Firemen, 2 @ $1.50 1,095. Oiling, 2,000 sheaves 4,000. Maintaining plant 4 per cent of $543,300 (Table E.) 21,732. Maintaining wire rope 13,200. . . $51,068. Interest 6 per cent of $566,500 33,990. $85,058. TABLE G. Changing from horse to electric, B.-K. sys-tem. Cost of change and equipment, Conduit 10 miles® $20,000 $200 000 Steam power plant 20 OCX) Dynamo plant g0W Motors. „ 48o00 Engineering c000 $294,000. I I III

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TABLE H. Boadchanged from horse to electric, B.-K. system. Annual running expenses. Coal %y, tons per day @ $2.50 $7,750 Engineer $2.50 and assistant $1.50 1,460 Firemen S @ $1.50 1 095. Wear and tear 4 per cent of $430,000 )7200. $27 511 Interest on cost of change, 6 per cent of $294,000 (Table G.) 17,640. Interest on first cost of horse tramway 6 percent of $202,000—$60,000 (price of horses)$142,800 8.520. $53,671. TABLE I. Changing from cable to electric, B.-K. sys-tem. Cost of change and equipment. Conductors, 10 miles ® $1,000 $10,000. Insulators 9,600. Dynamo plant 20,100. Motors 48,000. Engineering 2,000. $89,600. TABLE K. Coal 8M tons per day ® $2.50 $7,756. Engineer $2.50 and assistant $1.50 1,460. Firemen 2 @ $1.50 1,095. Wear and tear, 4 per cent of $618,600 24,744. $35,055. 334 THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. ApBH.,r1881. Interest, 6 per cent of $89,600 5,376. interest on first cost of cable tramway 6 per cent of $566,500 33,990. $74,421. SUMMARY. Cost of construction and

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