. The street railway review . erhead work. The .Athens (Ga.) Street Railway Co. will build a new line to therock quarry near the city, and haul stone for paving purposesdirect to the streets where it is to be laid. Wire thieves nearly compelled the Philadelphia & West ChesterTraction Co. to suspend operation on .Seplendicr 4th by stealingthe feed wire for a distance of several miles. The wire was cutdown after the power had been shut off for the night on Septem-ber 3d. Oct. 15, |8()(;. I STREEl RAILWAY REVIEW. ■2> COMPRESSED AIR IN CHICAGO. l^.irly 111 I lie ^pnn^; ot tlic present th
. The street railway review . erhead work. The .Athens (Ga.) Street Railway Co. will build a new line to therock quarry near the city, and haul stone for paving purposesdirect to the streets where it is to be laid. Wire thieves nearly compelled the Philadelphia & West ChesterTraction Co. to suspend operation on .Seplendicr 4th by stealingthe feed wire for a distance of several miles. The wire was cutdown after the power had been shut off for the night on Septem-ber 3d. Oct. 15, |8()(;. I STREEl RAILWAY REVIEW. ■2> COMPRESSED AIR IN CHICAGO. l^.irly 111 I lie ^pnn^; ot tlic present the ( oin|)resse(l AnMotor of Illinois, installed in llle power lioiise of the NorlliCliie:ino .SincI Co., a plant for llie operation of eoni-presseil ;iir ntolor cars over the lines 01 the consists of two air compressors, and a hank of 20 . Inlies. the Inhes lieinn nsed as a reservoir to storeihe ail- as it is ileli\cTed iiy lln iinipressors. The air is delivered. lI,.\NT OK CHILAGO UNION TRACTION LO. to tile storage tnbes by the compressors (only one of which is other beinj; held in reserve in case of accident), at a pressnrcof 2,(k)0 lb. per S(|. in. Three motor cars were bronsbt to Chicago, and two of themare now in regnlar service over the cable road, rnnning from theLinnts station to Clark and Washington Sts. and return. Thefirst car leaves the barn at 12:40 a. m., and the last reaches abont 5:45 a. the two cars performing is knownas the owl service on North Clark St. The cars present the same general appearance as electric orcable cars of the same size, and seat as many passengers. The
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