Water-power For Railways.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1923, Page 3

Water-power For Railways.

RIG l R liNt i 1 SCHEME. PI A BLITZ. Feh. Kb Travellers in Hie Basque Cmitiuy ~ii,| ]u He- neighbourhood of the Pvi-.-nee- -;-e all al.mg the railway line evidence .J preparation' to insled eieenje tie Hen throughout the Midi rail-

.. v .ifm l.v utilising the mountain j PoU'iuoO': to. La.yomie. on lira I , villi. ihe line, reinforced I rom-rele -tamlard- have keen erected, ! the line from Bayonne to Tow- ! j ,j, ( , catile> are being put into ! . j, „ I - .tween Biarritz. and Saint-' : j ..'j ,- . v.-ttrk has hceii delayed j ~v j. tiie norevdly ol lowering the j line where it passes tinder bridges ill j.. .( ihe head space necessary i i ,i- iii.- | a - -age of the electric motors, I Exp-riments arc being made at l'an ; I i||,. neighbourhood and, il ; i Ihe--. experiment, are Micros: fill, dec-| | j,;,. t rains. I.oth paw-enger and goods, j [ ... ii! ...’;irl mulling this week between j | j *., i-. l,i,..irdi s, ami Turbos. Bolero i j the year i- mil l lie line from Bax to I Pjui'will he worked by electric power. I r |’j,; v .il] make a -tieteli of electric i •.- l i!v v iroin Pax to Tarhes of PA | 11 r,■ 11 dGo Midi !’;’.i!v,ay lots ihe ! I eang!. lino from Perpignan to I V |i!;.i ranch"-Verne t-los -Bui ns ' '3O miles') | ,1,1.1 ,!]e narrow gauge mountain rail--1 way from Viilefrauehe to Bottrg-Ma-tlame (til miles) working hy electricity. Tills elect rilientien of the Midi \vsicm i i only part of a scheme for elecnifying a consi>lorahle part of the

rail we. vs ,-f Franco. The scheme as it „ stands will take Id years to carry out. | The p.L.M. is preparing for electric I |i:,\\er t!:e lines from Cuioz to 1 (Inne, 1, Vi j !is-f»cm ovu, Lvons-C! ronoblc, j and l.yoti Marseilles- Yontimiglin. ; j The Paris-Orlenns Company is go- _ M to cleetriiv one-third of its sys- - 1 ten, n part of the power coming from , t( e Mtvergne Mountains and a part , | will he general''d in the neighbourhood id' Paris. It is intended to eslabii-h > , ] vlrie traction on the main line Paris--0 ’ loan s-Vierzon-I.imoges-Bri ves - M o n- ’ ianhatt and ihe sccendnrv lines * throughout that region. The line Parisj Los Auhrais-Orlenns will he ready for I ek-etiie traction in ]DAd. j |: is estimated that the wntcr- ' I lower avails hie in France amounts to 1 il.pltO.ftrtO h.p., of which 3.000.000 h.p. will lie utilised hy next year. This ' will save., it i- calculated, an annual j production ol 24,000.000 ions of coal