Show railroad economy Kc Yc onomy the baltimore and ohio south western railway has been experimenting with electric motors on turn tables turning locomotives at divisional points and terminals Is a service of 0 much annoyance and no little expense to railroad companies it generally takes four our men to turn a locomotive and while they are doing so their beg eg ular work is abandoned experiments were made with an etric electric motor on the 60 foot turntable at Chilli chillicothe with sut sue i success that the park street turntable turn table in cincinnati was similarly equipped the result has been rather astonishing in the matter of expense the current was purchased from the power plant and it cost on an average of less than one halt half a cent tor for each time the t bablo was turned when itjen this same table was operated by hand it cost 12 cents tor for each engine the yearly saving la is about wa |