. The Street railway journal . ioned, cumbersome and powerconsuming shafting and belting, the power from the engine room is dis-tributed among the various departments electrically. The WroughtIron Bridge Company is said to have been the first bridge company toadopt this method of transmission. It is giving good satisfaction, andthe superintendent says that he would have no other. Twenty-twomotors altogether are used, and the company has never suffered fiveminutes delay on account of accident to dynamos or motors. The plant is built on a tract of land, twelve acres in extent, in one ofCantons s
. The Street railway journal . ioned, cumbersome and powerconsuming shafting and belting, the power from the engine room is dis-tributed among the various departments electrically. The WroughtIron Bridge Company is said to have been the first bridge company toadopt this method of transmission. It is giving good satisfaction, andthe superintendent says that he would have no other. Twenty-twomotors altogether are used, and the company has never suffered fiveminutes delay on account of accident to dynamos or motors. The plant is built on a tract of land, twelve acres in extent, in one ofCantons suburbs. It is located on the Coshoston and Zanesville branchof the C. C. & S. R. R., and independent switches are run to theworks from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and from the Pittsburgh,Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad, thereby giving it excellent shippingfacilities. Electric cars run within seven minutes walk of the office,and it is understood that they will, in the near future, run directly bythe companys basement of the building. The motor is mounted on a shaft in theposition in which it will operate. It takes current from a 500 volt gen-erator, which it also drives as a motor by means of a countershaft, theauxiliary power being taken from the driving shaft of the portion of the work is most carefully carried on, and completerecords of every test are preserved by the company. In the basement is also located the steam plant for operating thefactory. This consists of two Babcock & Wilcox boilers of 125 H. P.,which supplies steam to a Mcintosh & Seymour engine. This engineis at present overloaded, and will soon be replaced by one of 150H. P. capacity. The heating plant, consisting of a Sturtevant blower,which drives air through a nest of steam pipes, and the lighting plant,comprising a 300 light machine, are also located on this floor. Throughout the entire work the greatest care is taken to insurethe very best results, and to this is largely due the exce
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