. Révision de chemin de fer électrique . nsiderationet sera bientôt terminé. Pendant que la réorganisation est effectuée, la reconstruction des lignes de la Chicago CityRailway Company sera commencée. Il est possible que par accord entre la compagnie des voies de passage prévues dans les ordonnances peut être établi dans un court laps de temps. T. E. Mitten, président de la Chicago City RailwayCompany, a convoqué une réunion du conseil d'administration en avril S, où des plans seront pris en compte pour l'achat de nouveaux équipements, la reconstruction des anciennes voies de téléphérique, etc L'opportunité de construire po

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. Electric railway review . nsiderationand will be completed soon. While the reorganization is beingeffected the reconstruction of the lines of the Chicago CityRailway Company will be begun. It is possible that by agreement between the companiessome of the through routes provided in the ordinances maybe established within a short time. T. E. Mitten, president of the Chicago City RailwayCompany, has called a meeting of the board of directors forApril S, when plans will be considered for the purchase ofnew equipment, reconstruction of the old cable car tracks, etc. The advisability of building power houses or of pur-chasing power from outside companies will be decided upon. There are now being put into service on the lines of theDenver City Tramway Company 30 new 2-motor cars whichhave an especially low weight per unit of seating capacity. Ingeneral the design and appearance of these cars is similar tothe standard 4-motor cars which this company has operatedfor some years, but a remarkable difference exists between. New Light Motor Cars, Denver—Truck with Channel SectionMembers. the total weights of the two types. The new cars, eachequipped with two 50-horsepower motors and seating 48 pas-sengers, weigh less than 28, 000 pounds, while the standard4-motor cars, as operated with four 37.5-horsepower motors, weigh 38, 000 pounds. The actual weight of the first one ofthe new cars to be operated, which was put into service onMarch 6, 1907, was 27, 850 pounds. It is not thought that the design of this car, even thoughit may be much lighter, is less substantial than that of manycars of like capacity which weigh much more. With suchsubstantiality and the low weight, the advantages are obvious.

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