Some of the problems and difficulties met with by the constructor of street tramways were dealt with by Mr, H. J. Blatchford, Line Engineer of the Shanghai Tramways, at Tuesday evening's meeting of the Engin, eering Society of China.
In opening his address, which had for its title "Construction and maintenance of Electric Traction permanent. way", Mr. Blatchford observed that all is not well with the permanent way. Managers of overburdened systems had declared that there was nothing permanent about their way but its capacity for swallowing what would otherwise be handsome trading profits. In spite of every modern improvement, the cost of maintenance was still high and each year showed a tendency to increase, Those who suffered in this respect were unanimous in condemnation of the "rigid" form of construction, attributing to this all the evils the track is heir to, The
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