. The street railway review . o o fLCVATOiJ LAMO IJESISTANCe COIL Slidino Door taken from the trolley and reduced to 50 volts by arheostat. The current taken by this light is 50 to 60amperes. August 7 was the first night on which it was exhib-ited and a balloon ascension and parachute drop was. SEARCH LIGHT IN ACTION. made by its light. The event was well advertised in thedaily papers and took place at Fort Leavenworth. Fully4,000 people were present of which 3,000 rode out onthe electric cars for a 15 cent round trip fare. Mr. Erb also had another object in putting the search-light on a car.
. The street railway review . o o fLCVATOiJ LAMO IJESISTANCe COIL Slidino Door taken from the trolley and reduced to 50 volts by arheostat. The current taken by this light is 50 to 60amperes. August 7 was the first night on which it was exhib-ited and a balloon ascension and parachute drop was. SEARCH LIGHT IN ACTION. made by its light. The event was well advertised in thedaily papers and took place at Fort Leavenworth. Fully4,000 people were present of which 3,000 rode out onthe electric cars for a 15 cent round trip fare. Mr. Erb also had another object in putting the search-light on a car. The cost of the outfit was such that itwould be impossible to get it back on Leavenworthtraffic. Accordingly it has been rented to several otherroads and in this wa} Mr. Erb hopes to get a fair returnon the investment as well as enable his brother managers 472 (^fcticct If^oiWay-li^e^^ to secure an attraction. The car is soon to be shippedto Denver where it will fill an engagement at ManhattanBeach. It will then go to Washington Park, KansasCity. It will not be-strange if the car is kept busy forthe rest of the season. In shipping it is loaded onto aflat car and when it arrives at its destination is put on thestreet railway track and taken wherever wanted. Thelight can be hoisted and pu
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