. The Street railway journal . FIG 6 THE operated by the foot of the driver or con-ductor. The first street railway equipped andput in operation under the Short andNesmith patents was in Denver, Col. Theline was 3j miles in length, and has beenrunning regularly every day since July31st, 1886. This road is equipped with 8 cars, allof which are driven by one 100 H. P. en-gine, and the engine is not working nearlyto its capacity. Only one dynamo is inuse, being capable of delivering GO H. the cars. An average of 5 H. P. is re-quired by eaeh car while in regular service. The cars h
. The Street railway journal . FIG 6 THE operated by the foot of the driver or con-ductor. The first street railway equipped andput in operation under the Short andNesmith patents was in Denver, Col. Theline was 3j miles in length, and has beenrunning regularly every day since July31st, 1886. This road is equipped with 8 cars, allof which are driven by one 100 H. P. en-gine, and the engine is not working nearlyto its capacity. Only one dynamo is inuse, being capable of delivering GO H. the cars. An average of 5 H. P. is re-quired by eaeh car while in regular service. The cars have been making an averageof over 100 miles per day from 6 a. m. to12 p. m. About $ worth of coal isused in 24 hours. The cars have run the en- F1G. 8. THE TRUCK of carrier pulleys on several cable roads, Iconcluded that there was room for improve-ment in their desigu, and also that thejournal boxes for same were capable ofbetterment. A poorly balanced wheel willinjure the cable aud assist in its own de-struction, and it is my opinion that the
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