Show ELEC I 1 VS STEAM in a abort time the baltimore and ohio railway will institute the work of dandling its ita heavy trains in its belt bela line tunnel at baltimore by locomotives by it Is ie proposed to 0 the locomotives locomotive heretofore used the most moat crucial twits eats have been performed and have resulted satisfactorily to the advocat electricity and were has ban been us aa determination of the tact that electric can do heavy haulage at a profit over the cost coat by atham in this respect the team main en glue giner rs re have bays a formidable competitor la int a field where heretofore many of lave believed ti at electricity could oot not enter eater abe operation ration of great trunk lines 11 noa lot lor heavy passenger aud freight traffic the baltimore procedure may be regarded as an the first pr practical chloal stop step in the ha country toward the dij fotion or of the obearn trunk railroad to electricity it to la of vast changes and dot de elop ments which may be expected to occur iu in rapid A recent u umber dumber ol of the jeow gives give au an sia elaborate borate detail 11 t lie forkim workings go and accomplishments of abe uw locomotives which to IB of eucial ep cial inter eai to engineers engine ere aud and an tem item ot of more than moment to tue too public gone general rall in view ol of anat too tae future has baa in store blore la iu this tak method of transportation the locomotive trucks of forced iron resl rent upun four driving should of cast steel sivy two inches in diameter are double botorf spring suspension apparatus and other recent improve beuto in electric railway priti practice ellee abe cab has hai windows on all sides idea go ao me los occupants may have an knob view in either direct direction iob la jn the abe cab to la the apparatus by which all the movements of 01 the locomotive win will te e at the command ot of the driver atao the air pump operated by a electric motor which will supply air lor joir the ibe brakes and the then there are belle automatic coupler aa a sty ety tto etc all ali to geiner getner toe the flu labed locomotive la is an imposing piece of machinery and in ite complete StA bbate will weigh ninety anve tota heavier than ban many locomotives used in the west the power of these giga gigantic pieces ot of way may be illustrated by one of the tests made with the baltimore Bili inore and bajo locomotives blow that they can handle truine trains as aa heavy as now bandied I tv IV V the heaviest beavie ai mearn A now new york central heavy six ix wheel engine was waa coupled to an electric locomotive luco loco moti motive to truck too mac machine hints were then hen sent neut in appo bits directions and tugged at me ibe coupling as aa at a tug of wan veit 4 the electric locomotive had a slight alight advantage over the steam a in ID weight eight on the driving ahel and this advantage soon boon made knade itself felt lor for toe the electric machine soon BOOD began pull tog the other an wad a drew it up and down the track with apparent bauc por for the same flame weight upon the drivers dr ivera it was wag shown bowa that the electric locomotive will start a greater joau than the attain locomotive the pull being cor tant throughout the entire of the whee the i of variation of pull with the aogle crank in the steam locomotive being eliminated As to speed the abe machinery hug has oot not been geared t ti toe the aigin rate of some of the team steam locomotives those to be operated at baltimore are provided lur for 11 maximum speed of fifty miles per hour this Is ig reduced to thirty miles exerting boly the half balf draw bar pull abd ad to fifteen mi leswith abe full draw bar pull the average speed of the loaded train will be thirty miles pet pei hour the electric locomotive can be ran ino either forward or backward the great saving in electricity over 1111 team lor for roads roade where there to la a large mount amount of traffic is ia variously figured at t from thirty to fifty per beut in while there in also a large saving raving in ID the cost coat or of construction evin when the plante oto to are taken into consideration upon this thia bowing therefore railway and operation la Is sure aure u und tend in tre direct on of electricity which boo baa been po co successfully adapter to tho the operation of street oar car and to now putting forth its arms to in its embrace more extensive exten alve enter |