The Surveyor and municipal engineer . nvenient stoppingplaces havo been established on tho line of route, thcBopositions being by rings conspicuously paintedround the poles, and the system is said to answer remarkablywell, having many advantages. The lino is divided intothree Id. stages, and tho charge from end to ond is 3d. Work-mens cars are run at certain honrs, the first car being , and tho faro on them is Id. for any distance. Theyare greatly appreciated and extonsircly patronised. Power Station.—Tho power station and tran\way sheda aresituated midway on the route at
The Surveyor and municipal engineer . nvenient stoppingplaces havo been established on tho line of route, thcBopositions being by rings conspicuously paintedround the poles, and the system is said to answer remarkablywell, having many advantages. The lino is divided intothree Id. stages, and tho charge from end to ond is 3d. Work-mens cars are run at certain honrs, the first car being , and tho faro on them is Id. for any distance. Theyare greatly appreciated and extonsircly patronised. Power Station.—Tho power station and tran\way sheda aresituated midway on the route at St. Georges. The boilersaro four Lancashire boilers of Siemens-Martin atecl, mana-factured by Messrs. 1). Adamson & Co., and are fitted withGreens fuel economisers and mechanical stokers. Tho en-gines are four of Macintosh i Seymours horizontal com-pound engines, with high-pressure cylinders, direct coupledto 150-kilowatt generators of tho six-pole type. The cngineaare 250 horse-power each, and the station is the largest tram-. BRi,<;Tor. : Ckntkk Poles and Brackets way station in England, aud this is the first instance of thouse of engines of this class in England. The engine andboiler house is at tho rear of tho car shed, and thoro arofitting and paint shops attached for repairs, also a super-intendents house aud general stores. General Xotes.—Yho tram company supply eight publiclamps with electricity, each lamp being cipiipped with fiveincandescent glow lamps of 10 condlo-power each, and thoselamps aro supplied by the company free of charge. Noaccidents havo happened from falling wires, and very fewthrough frighteuing horses, and none of a serious total cost of tho present installation, including converaionof lines, overhead work, power station and cars, was It is stated that tho cost per car mile run with aseven and a minutes sorvico is 5Jd., as against horses, and the receipts have largely increased si
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