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ENGINEERING AND BUILDING
EAST
AND WEST
RAILWAYS IN NORWAY.
NEW INDUSTRIES ACCORDED
THREE NEW SHIPS ON THE
CLYDEN
STREET LIGHTING.
POSITION OF NEW ESTATES.
Norway has an area of 125,017
In view of the large number of square miles and at estimated
The shipbuilding industry of the extensive building, schemes which (1990). population of 2,821,202 It is a long, narrow, mountainous Clyde' has been passing through are being embarked upon, it would country with many deep indenta- such a lean time recently that it seem opportune that municipal on- is very pleasing to record the plac- sincers should agree on a standard tions or fjords along he western
the
of stract lighting which should wait const line, which provide safeing, of orders for three now harbours for ships engaged in sea-steamers, Two of these are to be all requiroments in all districte. lotne commerce and extensive built by Moara, Lithgowa, Limit. | America, already has a street light- fisheries. The total length of allod, Port Glasgow, and a to the ing code, which is the result of a railway lines on June 30, 1929, order of Messra Jand C Harri- good deal of research work and ox- son, Limited, London, who control periment, and thero it has booz was 2,363 miles, of which 2.164
found that in thoroughfares with the Willis Stenmainip Company, miles were State owned and 229 miles privately owned lines. Limited, and the National Steam heavy traffic an 18ft, mounting ship Company, Limited. Each height is recommended for streets Vosol will be of 9,000 tons. The with side trees, and of from 20ft. order for the third vessel has been to 30ft, in streets not so planted. DUTY REDUCTIONS,"
Thoro should be a 150ft., spacing secured by Messrs Wm. Danny' Machinery, instruments, and ap. and Brothers, Limited, Dambaron each side of the street, and a 10,000 candles In medium traffic paratua, and metals and manton, from the London Midland and lamp rating of not less than factured articles in which metal Beottish Railway Company. This
thoroughfares the same mounting. is the principal component, when new vessal, which is intended to
ataggered " imported to be used in new in run on the Holyhead and Dublin heights, spacing, and lamp ratings
apply, except that a dustries not previously established cargo service, will be practically
arrangement is recommended. For a repeat of the twin-screw turbine in Cuba, are accorded a reduction
light trafo thoroughfares mount- steamer Slieve Bloor, of 1,280 toni
ing heights and staggered of seven-tenths of the usual rates
gross, which Mears. Denny deliv- of import duty, according to Cuban presidential decree No, ses, ered last year to the same owners. rangement spacing are the same, but the lamp rating has a minimum published and ceective July 13,
of 4,000 lumens, or 400 candles, ro-
Minimum Standards.
??
ITALY.
1931. The reduced rates of „dutySUBWAY SYSTEM FOR ROME,commended. are also to be granted to the ma- torials listed above that have boon- imported for this purpose since
·June 3, the date on which similar
Mr. Great Mackenzie, "speaking.. New plans are being formulated before the Illuminating Engineer
bonents were granted to industrial for the construction of a subwaying Society Bot" long since, pointed
machinery.
GROSSGLOCKNER HIGHWAY,
RESUMED,
Construction on the new Alpine highway across the Grossglockner Range in Austria has been resum-
in Rome, a project which has been under consideration for a number of years. The general plan in cludes the rebuilding of the pre- sant main railway station under ground, the erection of two nor railway stations, and linking the three by an underground electric
out that in the United States busi√ nesa districts, are classified as to vehicular traffic in a manner similar to that adopted for thoroughfares, and the same minimum standards of illumination apply for each class, due consideration being given to other local conditions. For a given
ed after the enforced winter lay-railway. Construction will size of lamp the minimum mounting
'ment.
off Between 1,200 and 1,500 men quire from 12 to 20 years for com height is given as follows: For have already been given employpletion. The proposed subway lamps of 26,000 lumens and over not linca have been laid out to take less than 24ft.; for 15,000. Judens The "construction of this high-care of the heaviest traffic first, not less than 20ft., and for 10,000 way has now been divided into with gradual additions to the sylumens and less, not less than left. three sections, namely, the Heili- tem until it is capable of caring For residential hon-thorough-
grauilut Rafereck, the Fuscher Val- ley stretch, and the section between Glocknerhaus and Tranz Josef
Hocke
It was originally estimated that the total cost would be about $1,700,000, but it now appears that this amount will not be sufficient and that probably from 2500.000 to 8700,000 additional will be, requir ed.
..
pro
for an estimated population of 2,000,000. The completed system will be 36 miles in length. The cost of constructing the first por- tion of the trunk line is estimated (Vice Consul at $22,000,000. Donald C. Wilcox, Rome.)
AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF
TRAINS.
new
100
fare stracts the minimum record-
mended is an 18ft, mounting height. and spacing of 160-200ft, with a Inp. rating of not less than 2,500 lumens, or 250 candles. At closer spacings, preferably not exceeding 123ft, a mounting height of 15ft, and 1,000 lumen lamps may be used. Where luminaries are on centre Bus- pension the recommended mounting height is 22ft to 23ft. At inter- sections of residence streets, carry- ing only local traffic, not less than ons 4,000 lumen or two 2,500 lumen lamps should be installed.
"It is also unlikely that the The completion by the Great posed Plandelscharte Tunnel will Western Railway of their system be cut because of the extremely of automatic train control has ro high cost of the work and tho presulted in over 2,000 miles of track sent difheulties in obtaining mosey and 2,500 engines being equipped in Austrin. When the present so as to give audible warning to funda áre-exhausted it may be me the driver of the state of the cessary to suspend the work for signalés, The necessary changes an indefinite period.
This cost £950,000. thod of control,"in addi- INCREASED BUILDING
tion to its merits na afety ACTIVITY IN COPENHAGEN.device, will lead to a speeding It up of night freight trains. Building construction is Copen-is described by The Times as hagen continues active, necording to survey published Treently by of the greatest developments the Copenhagen Statistical Office. British railway vperating me During the past six months 3,318 thode. apartments were completed, as .compared with 2,780 during the ̈preceding comparative period. On May 1 there, were 4,109 apartmenta under construction, as compared with 2,587 en May 3, 1990. Most of the apartments are of two and three rooms.
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At the International Stam Tables Conference it was agreed to define the kilocalorie as equiva-
For the lighting of highways the minimum recommended, is an" nr: rangeent of luminaries at mounting lent to 1/860th of the Internation heights of it. or more, and not more than 10ft. from a point over al kilowatt hour. The Inter the middle of the highway, With
tiona! is 1.00030 absolute. this mounting height the spacing should not be greater than 35ft watts. At a recent meeting of the and 4,000 lumen lamps are consider. ered the minimum. On curved International Union of Physics, highways laminarics are mounted over the outside of the curve.,
held at Brussels on July 12, 1037, "It will be noted that, while the the British National Committee an.S.8. sives the rated illumination
in foot-candles, the U.S. code refars suggested that the Union should to the power of the lamp only.
The following data, gven by Mr. define the heat unit to be used by Mackenzie, enables some idea of the
physicists.
A sub-committes was relation between lumens per linear |
one
RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN THE INTERIOR OF CHINA.
It is stated in a recent issue of The Chinese Economie Bulletin that the Ministry of Railways, Nanking, has decided to proceed
foot and available illumination to accordingly appointed to report on be formed: 100 lumens per linear
RECAPTURING THE ART OF MIDDLE AGE.
(Continued from Page 1)
An Overrated Virtua, Few now blink the fact that con- Eisteney is a rather full and much overrated virtue. It is far better tho u plastic than to be constant, to be able to adapt oneself to the changes and evolution of life than
to stick to childish ideas and shib-
bolella.
No one pretends that evolution and development are pleasant and comfortable proceedings, but at least they are vastly interesting! Nobody imagines that the art of lifo is an easy lesson, but, no we have got to learn it, it were to
foot of street equals 0.23 foot-candle the mutter, at the first meeting average horizontal illumination when directional media might of which the following resolution bring humour and dignity to control are not utilised. Or. 0.33 was agreed unanimously.
"That lessons. foot-candle average horizontal illu mination when emcient directional this Commission recommends to at an early date with the construemedin for light control. are used.
the Executive Committee of the tion of 540 miles of line which
International Union of Physics will connect Paolow and Ningsia., ing to official report, 2,500 pas-The railway, which in to be known
that the following two propositions enger elevators with 15,083 rated as the Pac-Ning Railway, will horsepower and 758 freight clova
be communicated to the next Centively it is learnt," eral Assembly as reccomendations
There were stalled in Buenos Aires about 10 years age; accord
·ALBERT OIL USED AS ·· RAILWAY FUEL.
he
Only by Struggling, For living is like awimming,." wrote a great master, it cannot be learnt by theory, but only by struggling in the water, and the deeper the water the more effec Now in middle ago one has begud to understand the art of swimming, And does not struggle any longer. in the water. Onu trusts oneself it, minking the bean vest”, and the water responds and bears you. up.
traverse what was formerly known or having 3.593 rated horsepower.
The Canadian Pacifice Railway Of these about 2,000 were of as Inner Mongolia. This territory
Company is now utilising upwards. American manufacture, - 300. is on the borders of the provinces of 200 barrels of crude oil from from this Committee: (1) That the French, 200 Italing. 275 German, 205. Swiss, and the remainder of Shansi and Sherai, and is wells in the Ribstone oil field of unit of heat when measured in Swedish and English, In the in-watered by the Yellow River. It Eastern Alberta, The fuel is cm units of energy be the Joule de- terior cities olevators were much is proposed to construct the line trains in the mountain division of fined as equivalent to 10 ergo; (2)
ployed on locomotives hauling- Tess numerous and amounted to cly 100 in mumber about half of in three sections, two of them 170 the railway between Calgary, Al That the gramme-caloric is the which were in usa in Rosario, AL | milde in length, and the other 200 berta, and Field, British Colum amount of heat required to raise forma, you realise the subtlety of the end of 1996, it is estimate miles in length. The main object found highly satisfactory for this the temperature of one gramme
bia and is stated to have been that there were about 7,500; elovar. tors installed in the entire connof the Government in undertaking purpose. The oil is taken by road of water from 14.5 deg. to 15.6 deg.
into Canadian Pacific Railway Temperature. According to exist ter, where it either loaded direct
tank wagons er stored in tanke, 01.|ing""measurements the (gramme which there are tiren having calorie is equivalent to 14.188- total-storage capacity of 7,000 gxl-
Glitter and outward show cannot darzle, honeyed words carry little (weight, values assume their true the things that really matter how the grasp of a band is more than innumerable gifts that enough
try of which about 4,000 were of the construction of this railway is to Rivercourse, near Lleydmins of the International Benle of really much better than wfcast,
American manufartura 030 Tato facilitate emigration from the lian, 50 Swiss, 020 French,” 289 German and 250 satte mostly of more congested parts of China to local manufacture. Bales in 1030 the sparsely populated North of all brands are said to have western territories of the country
Aontinued on next Colum #totaled 300 ‘Elevatora,””
Jon
Youter.
and that to have what you wart may be richer, bus thas to be ahis. to do without its power.ELEANOR CLANOR in the Londen Morning. Fort