. The street railway review . road goods. This is sufficient recommendation,and the number of street railways using them may vouchfor the rest. The Lindell Street Railway, of St. Louis, recentljplaced an order with the Scarritt Company for the equip-ment of thirty-eight cars, with the Scarritt adjustableseat, which is 2~i/l inches wide over all, with a back 20inches high, seat cushion 17 inches, and spaced ,^3 inchesbetween centers. THE NORTH CHICAGO CAR BARN FIRE. CHICAGOS car barn fire record is added to bythe burning of the North Chicago Street Rail-road Companys barn, at the corner of Raci
. The street railway review . road goods. This is sufficient recommendation,and the number of street railways using them may vouchfor the rest. The Lindell Street Railway, of St. Louis, recentljplaced an order with the Scarritt Company for the equip-ment of thirty-eight cars, with the Scarritt adjustableseat, which is 2~i/l inches wide over all, with a back 20inches high, seat cushion 17 inches, and spaced ,^3 inchesbetween centers. THE NORTH CHICAGO CAR BARN FIRE. CHICAGOS car barn fire record is added to bythe burning of the North Chicago Street Rail-road Companys barn, at the corner of Racineavenue and Center street, on the morning of November9. The building was a two-story brick structure, front-ing 125 feet on Center street and 100 feet on Racineavenue. The dense fog which covered the city at thattime made the firemens rescue work harder and theflames gained such headway that in spite of a 4-11 callthe outer wall only escaped the ravages of the were stored in the barn at that time fifteen Conelly. BURNING OF THK NORTH CHICAGO CAR HOUSE. gas motors, sixteen closed and twenty-two open tanks of all the motors but one had been dischargedbefore bringing them into the barn. No. 13, was theexception. A careless motorman explored a smell ofescaping gas with a lighted match. A flow of gas wasignited from the match, an explosion followed and thecar barn was soon on fire. The flames spread withstartling rapidity and the employes were able to save onlysix of the motors. The remainder was a total loss, tothe extent of $50,000, fully covered by insurance intwenty-five companies. The horse barns immediately opposite the car barnwere saved by the efforts of the firemen. BROOKLYNS BIG CHIMNEY. BROOKLYN Citys powerhouse, now building atDavidson avenue, will have a land mark of achimney. It will be 300 feet high and will havea flue diameter of 17 feet. It will be completed Decem-ber I, and use 2,000,000 brick in construction. Thefamous Glasgow stack is 425 f
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