. The street railway review . d for inspection and last andof greatest interest to our readers, the details of theelectric heater described at length in the April issue ofthe Review. The various parts are so shown that eachis seen in full detail, and to help the imagination, a longi-tudinal section of a street car is placed on the floorbeneath, giving in full size and ensemble the heater as itis placed in the riser. The only evidence to the eye of a 278 (joticcti?(aAWxiy-j\eV^ system of heating is the wire grating which is ratherornamental than otherwise, but to the feelings of coldpassengers
. The street railway review . d for inspection and last andof greatest interest to our readers, the details of theelectric heater described at length in the April issue ofthe Review. The various parts are so shown that eachis seen in full detail, and to help the imagination, a longi-tudinal section of a street car is placed on the floorbeneath, giving in full size and ensemble the heater as itis placed in the riser. The only evidence to the eye of a 278 (joticcti?(aAWxiy-j\eV^ system of heating is the wire grating which is ratherornamental than otherwise, but to the feelings of coldpassengers last winter on a goodly number of lines theevidence of the effectiveness of the Consolidated CarHeating Companys electric heater was both plain andpleasing. The next to the last plant is a curiosity as it containsthe pictorial history of car heating from the early boxheater of 1S47 to the scientific commingler system thatprovides for every exigency by adopting all the latestknowledge of calorics. Lastly to the east end of the. PANEL OF C. COS. EXHIBIT, SHOWING PARTS OF STREETCAR HEATERS. board stands a full exhibition of the multiple circuit systemin full. Standing on an imitation stone viaduct with culverttrack, road bed, rails, and all complete, is a train of anengine and three cars. They are all one-eighth size toscale. The show the steam connections and methods ofhealing by the Consolidated Car Heating system, threein number, two hot water and one steam. The train isperfectly lighted by ten 2-candle-power incandescentlamps on electroliers with a small lamp under each engine alone cost $1,600 and the beauty of theexhibit collects a large crowd both of railroad men andlay brethern and sisters. E. J. McElroy is engineer in charge of the will take pleasure at any time in talking C. C. H. toall comers. THE GENERAL ELECTRIC DISPLAY. ALL visitors to the Worlds Fair during the monthof May were not a little surprised to find the Elec-tricity building still
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