Show i L R I CARS IN EUROPE I nr 1 ahter C at Hull huh HullEn En Eng sends a summary of a report on onI I C cars employed on the 1 continent The report was wao made b by a i consisting of two Iwo members 11 oI Df time city council of leeds England i and the general manager of the thc tram tramway I wa way of that city Timer They visited the continent and various I system Estem of trolley traction in order to lo advise as to lo lie he of such means of transit to tho noeda I of oC communities The result II t of oC their theIl li is a aI as ast I t follows I Time The considered wore i the which is In opera operation I lion tion In various of Austria and was seen In Vienna the t J on six or ci se seven n routes In north Italy and seen seem In and the Max menn mean which is ed In iii Germany German GermanI I especially In the Rhine vall valloy y yI I I I Time vehicles operated under each ot of I r In general appearance do not differ greatly from the deck motor omnibus except that tho they have hac some of collecting current such as a fishing rod from the to the tho electric current supply as In Inthe Inthe the case caso of ordinary tranum trama Worked from overhead cables callIes But Dut while the ordinary electric tram I Inbe is nUb to let et Its current t tp to earth through the metal wheels tho thoI trackless tram train has to lot let I tat current return b by means ot of a see I o overhead cable running parallel 1 with the supply cable callIe It that II chic 10 among amonS time tho occurs lit In regard to the tho for keeping the two shoes the tho two cables I The I The leugh or Of the route inspected I i in Vienna Is about aboul one omie and a half I I flutes tile tho roa of a If r I character havinG at ai one stretch ot of otI I I about yards ards a gradient of one In InI I I ls macadamized On this route I p I I are tWo pairs of cantos caOles one for Cor g and one olle for returning earn carn I if I though elsewhere one Olle pall pair Is made malic to toI i I suffice so that when 1 two wo cars care meet 1 oil has ii to and remove Il its con comi I with the wires until the 0 thor other I has hag passed The vehicles carry cairy seated though when re reI I I q ired an additional twelve are aro at aI 1 1 I to stand oven on the platforms I both front and back rIte entrance 1 is at tho drivers and ho I to all the duties o of a conductor as wollaH welt as aH driver I Thu wag ha I pressed with the thie anI and com fort ot of riding th the spring bao of oC the truck being vor very well arranged d Thu Tho brakes and are arc fit l lI I ted to lo running backward If he cam Is stopped on a hill hilI I tor tory assurances Were received as to lo I operatIon of time the cars tinder the so Be verest win winter tor conditions though It Is 18 I noticed that on OD this particular route c r h tho cars have been running only since last October The motors which sic aro each twenty horsepower form the hubs or of iho back wheels and the current Is Ig collected the tho lUPPy cable by means O 01 n a pair of wheels running on the top lop of tho a similar pair or of transferring the used current to the return A wel pendulum slung from a frame earr carrying these two pairs or of wheels hoops thorn them well pressed upon the wires and the he cur current current rent Is conveyed to the motors not by bya a rod but b by n a pall pair of able which allow the car to pass to nn any part of the tho road rond In the avoidance of other The empty car weighs two and aha a half f tons Thc cost of tho ho chassis of the Nor Ier cedo Stoll 15 I about 2750 without bod body The cost of the overhead con str cUon Is about S OO per pel mile and the working expenses per pel car cal mill time committee was informed are aro Cur Current Current rent tires total load 12 tons lons I driver only employed 0 depot expenses taxes management Insurance re pal jJ renewals pl painting nUng cars and equipment total The System In North Italy On the system the tho cars will take thirty passengers A framework carrying two pairs of wheels one pair pairIn In contact with each overhead cable callie Is 1 employed to the tho circuit It Is verb VCr similar to that used In the except that It ItIs iti Is i Jl od b by a fishing wd rod or boom against the tho under sIdes side or of orthe the cables are two rent motors of ten ot twelve horse horsepower power each and supplied oy br a routes similar to that Inspected show allOW a 3 working cost per car ctr mile a as fol Col follows lows Cost of energy used gem gon oral eral rubber tires reo re renewal newal newa wages and amid salaries maintenance of vehicles and lint line I repairs of vehicles total 1129 The route Inspected owned by a prIvate company is tour four and a halt haH miles long and the tare aro charged 15 i iS S cents The found the ye ve hides well able to reverse and turn turnaround around and maneuver without the trolley being removed and to take heavy heay over bad and muddy roa roads s without difficulty vibration or The practicability of this of oC tractIon considerably Im pressed the committee The cost ost ot of overhead construction Is estimated at only 3 56 per mUe but only wooden poles were vere used were ho how however ever eer found to be found quIte service serIce serviceable able The Max System The Tho Max system was seen working at Hero Flero the contact with the tho pall pair of cables Is maintained by bj means of a fishing rod carrying at Its it extremity a pall pair pallor or of sliding shoo shoes The overhead con construction construction is similar to that or of the tho Ss systems previously described The ye C hide hicle carries about fifteen passengers seated and only the front have hae tires Ures so that there Is consider considerable considerable able vibration and aud noise nolle The single motor drives onto the front so that the tho steering Is comparatively oh heavy beary The Tho design of this t type pe how over Is stated to be undergoing rodt radi radiI l I l weight of the tho present empty car Is two to tons and amid a half hundredweight It is stated concerning all or of the tho three systems that Yer very few fow hitches ha have been reported and owing to the comparative lightness of f the vehicle the surface of the tho road suffers less les than In the case of oC a service of cars esra their own or other en cn The I he committee was Wils much Impressed with the pr practicability of each of the he various schemes and considers that b bv avoiding tile the heaY heavy expenditure re required in n tue h Installation st ll l of t ln I 1 t th if offers possIbilities as general feeders in ia suburban and ano I districts to tramway system and Js is quite capable of supplying a service for thin I populated districts on n a reasonably economic basis |