Factory and Industrial Management Volume 14 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...1897. No. 16006 D. Power Distribution and the Use of Multiphase-Current Transmission for Ordinary Street Railways. Maurice Hoopes. Read at the Convention of the American Street Railway Assn. The paper considers the comparative merits of systems to meet the demands of changed conditions brought about by extensions of roads and other causes. 7000 w. Elec Wld--Oct. 23, 1897. No. 16163. Motors. Railway-Motor Design. Alfred E. Wiener. States the conditions desirable in a railway motor, considering each separately. Also gives calculations connected with railway motor design. 2500 w. Am Elect'n--Oct., 1897. No. 15972. Motor Testing. Some Methods of Making Efficiency Tests of Street-Railway Motors. Frank B. Porter. Describes a simple method of efficiency test which will give good results when applied to the streetrailway motor in the repair shop. 111. 1800 w. St Ry Rev--Oct. 15, 1897. No. 15988 c. Municipal Ownership. A Matter of Municipal Ownership, and What Came of It. F. M. Explains the position of the city of New York in its relation to the Sixth and Eighth Avenue systems. 2000 w. Harper's Wk--Oct. 30, 1897. No. 16172. Municipal Ownership. Municipal Ownership and the Operation of Street Railways. P. F. Sullivan. Abstract of a paper read before the convention of the American Street Railway Assn. Unfavorable to municipal ownership in American cities. 800 w. Elec Wld--Oct. 23, 1897. No. 16166. Niagara. Falls. Street Railways of Niagara. Brief illustrated descriptions of the various electric lines on both sides the river, covering 127 miles of track. 4400 w. St Ry Rev--Oct. 15, 1897. No. 15983 c. The Electric Railways of the Niagara River Region. A brief review of the conditions which have affected the industrial growth of this region, the street railway developmen...