. Electric railway gazette . RAIL WELDING MACHINES IN CAR HOUSE. tensions to its present system. Work on the line fromRogers and Church avenues to Manhattan Beach and onthe line to East New York will be begun without all probability a line to West Brighton, Coney Island,will be constructed next Spring. This road will passthrough Fort Hamilton, Bath Beach and power station of the company is located on a jetty August 24, 1895. ELECTRIC RAILWAY GAZETTE. 117 in New York Bay at the foot of Thirty-ninth Street. Itsdimensions are 150 by 106 feet and the building- is of thesta
. Electric railway gazette . RAIL WELDING MACHINES IN CAR HOUSE. tensions to its present system. Work on the line fromRogers and Church avenues to Manhattan Beach and onthe line to East New York will be begun without all probability a line to West Brighton, Coney Island,will be constructed next Spring. This road will passthrough Fort Hamilton, Bath Beach and power station of the company is located on a jetty August 24, 1895. ELECTRIC RAILWAY GAZETTE. 117 in New York Bay at the foot of Thirty-ninth Street. Itsdimensions are 150 by 106 feet and the building- is of thestandard construction of the Berlin Iron Bridge Com-pany, of East Berlin, Conn. Ample light and ventila-tion are provided by numerous large windows on all sidesof the structure ; in addition windows are built in themonitor roof extending the entire length of the power plant will soon be increased to a capacityof 3,000 hp. At present the power equipment consistsof three cross-compound condensing Cooper-Corliss en-. FIG. 7.âTUNNEL UNDER OCEAN PARKWAY. gines of 750 hp, each directly connected to Westinghousemultipolar generator. The engines were especiallydesigned by C. & G. Cooper & Co., of Mount Vernon, O.,for street railway work. The cylinder dimensions are 22and 40 inches in diameter with 48-inch stroke, and theengines will be run at a speed of 90 revolutions perminute. The switchboard is of the standard Westinghousetype, with white marble panels and Westinghouse andWeston instruments. The engine room is equipped witha 34-ton traveling crane, with a span of 53 feet and 6inches, built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company. Brooklyn Heights Road and Its Former Employees. It was noted in the last issue of the Electric RailwayGazette that the Brooklyn Heights Railway Companyhad signed a formal agreement with the Labor Union,in accordance with which its former employees who lefttheir positions on a strike last Winter should be givenpreference when they made application for w
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