. The Street railway journal . ,waste and other stores. .003Water and gas .002 Total §3, Consumption of coke per mile 9,52 mileage from commencing to run,356,340. No firm has had so lengthened an exper-ience in cost of running engines, and nocompany, we believe, can give results fromso extended an experience as they can withthe Merryweather engine, as will be seenby referring to the results of working pub-lished from time to time. The Daft Electeic Light Co. have justissued a new illustrated catalogue of theirmachinery as adapted to the propulsion ofstreet c
. The Street railway journal . ,waste and other stores. .003Water and gas .002 Total §3, Consumption of coke per mile 9,52 mileage from commencing to run,356,340. No firm has had so lengthened an exper-ience in cost of running engines, and nocompany, we believe, can give results fromso extended an experience as they can withthe Merryweather engine, as will be seenby referring to the results of working pub-lished from time to time. The Daft Electeic Light Co. have justissued a new illustrated catalogue of theirmachinery as adapted to the propulsion ofstreet cars. The data given are very fulland complete in every respect. 476 THE STKEET EAILWAT JOXJENAL. OOTOBEB, 1886. Ererits Street Car Floor. The floor, whose general appearance isshown in our illustration, is designed totake the place of the mats of wood or cocoathat are now in general use. It consistssimply of strips of ash or other hard wood,three-quarters of an inch wide and one-halfan inch thick, screwed or nailed rigidly to. Road and Kail Tehicles. the floor, aad having their ends trimmedoff to allow for sweeping out. When usingthese strips, the floor is first painted andthe strips laid straight through the middleand spaced equally on each side. It willbe seen that with this device there are noobstructious to sweeping out or washingthe car from end to end.•W. L. Everlt, New Haven, Conn. The Cambridge, Mass., Consolidation. The consolidation that was practicallymade some time ago has at last been legallyeffected, under these conditions: First—The name of the consolidated com-pany is to be the Cambridge Eailway Com-pany. Second—The consolidated company willhave a capital stock equal to the combinedcapital of both the said companies, to wit:A capital of one million, nine huudjed andfifty thousand (§1,950,000), divided into19,500 shares, of the par value of §100 each. Third—The oonsohdated company willassume and pay both principal and interest,the outstanding funded de
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