Identifier: electricrailway581921newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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-seat bus was figured at from£1,700 to £1,800. On an exchange basis of $4 to thepound, this gives either $6,800 or $7,200, showing howclose British and American costs run at this time. Asa matter of fact, if the British bus were upholsteredas expensively as the American vehicles, the cost would run up to £2,000. The original investment cost of£1,460 per mile of route has advanced to £4,500 foroverhead system plus £6,000 for feeder cables or a totalof £10,500 per mile. This presents an interestingcontrast to Mr. Wilkinsons estimates for the overheadand feeders per mile in case of rail installations forthe same locations. In the case of double-track raillines the overhead with but single trolley would cost£4,000, while the availability of a rail return wouldbring the cost of feeder cables down to £3,800. On theassumption that double track would cost £53,800 in all(£46,000 for rail and paving, £4,000 for overhead and£3,800 for feeders) against £10,500 for trackless trolley,
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In Leeds the Motor Bus, the Trolley Bus and the TrolleyCar All Have a Place in Passenger Transportation Service Mr. Wilkinson figures out that even a two-minute head-way would be handled more cheaply with trolley busesthan with cars. At a conference of British executives, some excep-tion was taken to the range of the track figures, butMr. Wilkinson stood firmly on the ground of his ownexperience in building and operating high-class pavedtrack. At any rate, it is obvious that Bradford mustbe fairly well satisfied with the reliability of the trolleybus since it is willing to extend its use to heavy routeswhether for new lines or the changeover of existinglines where the rails have been worn out. Front Drive Introduced at Leeds The Leeds Corporation Tramways, which serves apopulation of 542,000, was co-pioneer with its neighborBradford, inasmuch as it also opened its first route(3.7 miles) on June 24, 1911. Today a total of 8.8miles is in operation over thin-traffic routes. Some ofthe or

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