Show I I L OOMOTIVK DUILT IN JAPAN I tertasolol ttorlm fete n Bare In 1 ueell n1 Ioono Aa Kngllsh consular report recently pQilab H e Much Interest was elated among KOIIIh builders by the 0seellats published In trade Journal In JJMUM of the first locomotive built at lilt tDfrrnmni railway workshop In Js S1 wlllrh It 1 teas wild was com Wsd at a cost of 1 MO while n slml Ise I kcomotlv I built In nngland could not be plaeel on the line In Japan read y for running nt a 1 less cost than t111e pounds The alleged cost In JaMt was fallacious no allowance have I UL1 Iea n1 for Internet 011 ailul elHIKIc superintendence and other fMltes all of which would tw taken Into e i ldoralloii by private builders but st the Mine limo timer was no d ° rt < that the cost no mailer how liberally calculated was comparatively low Sleet of Us parts were entirely cniutucted at the works In Jnpin bolter water tanks wheels cyllsders nod nllonnnll only the tram plate and n few minor parts cane In a rough stain from abroad Till engine started running on April tn and l has since run over 80000 mile with perfect success lowness In consumption con-sumption of cash good hauling capac Ill ltd slradlneu Tour lender loco inoiltfi have since been built In the Mme workshop and are now running on the IllogoKloto section of tho Tok ksUo railway They have already run over Itooo mile and In all rmpects art doing ns complete satisfaction as tin tint Two of the largest private rallay rcmpanles nro now following the nmplp set by the government and trying the experiment of constructing construct-ing their own locomotives Neither gorrrnmtnt nor private companies will hovtver bo able for many years yet to satisfy moro than n very small fraction frac-tion of their requirements In this re slat |