. The street railway review . ing overuneven and improperly ballasted tracks. A bill recently introduced in the New York Cieueral .Xssrinblyprovides Ihat there shall be an assistant conductor for each cable ortrolley car in cities of the first class between the hours of 4 :,v> anil7:30 p. m., who shall be slalioned on the rear platform ami charge of taking on and letting off of passengers. 202 STRKKT RAILWAY Ri:\ IKW. |Voi \iv \.. 1 Klcctric Dump (lar with Side Discharge i lie ;|;MiK illii> slinws an iliclric (iiiiiip lar. »ilhautoiiUitic side discharge, wl
. The street railway review . ing overuneven and improperly ballasted tracks. A bill recently introduced in the New York Cieueral .Xssrinblyprovides Ihat there shall be an assistant conductor for each cable ortrolley car in cities of the first class between the hours of 4 :,v> anil7:30 p. m., who shall be slalioned on the rear platform ami charge of taking on and letting off of passengers. 202 STRKKT RAILWAY Ri:\ IKW. |Voi \iv \.. 1 Klcctric Dump (lar with Side Discharge i lie ;|;MiK illii> slinws an iliclric (iiiiiip lar. »ilhautoiiUitic side discharge, wliich hiis been dctigiicd and built by IbrJohn A. Mead Maniifncturing Co., ii Uroadway, New York, forbnndling eoal and similar heavy materials, or for any purpose towhich such a car would naturally be put. The general dimensionsof this car are as follows: Length over all. 12 ft.; length acrosstop. 8 ft ; wiillh of top. 5 ft. 9 in.; height of lop above rail. 4 in. car is equipped with two trucks and an 8-h p motor is. ELICCTUIC CAR. attached to each truck, a total of 16 li. p. The gage is 24 in . am!the car will run around a curve of 15 ft. radius. The capacityof each car in cubic feet is 100 tons. These cars arc built foreither tliirr!-rail or overhead trolley use, and the substantial char-acter of the work done by the Mead company is a stiflicient guaran-tee of the durable qualities of this product. Consolidated Traction Co. Plans. .\t a meeting of the directors of the Consolidated Traction Co.,February 25th, a contract was signed with Wcstinghouse, & to design, construct and install the electric and me-chanical equipment for the Consolidated Traction Cos. road be-tween Indianapolis and Crawfordsville. Ind., the engineering workto begin as soon as the weather permits and the work of buildingthe power house at Crawfordsville to begin the middle of traction company has been working about eight months ongrading, culverts, bridges and fen
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