. The Street railway journal . y inquiry and presentment, the con-demnation of the tunnel by the Board of Health and the popularagitation on the subject last summer, it seems hardly possible thatthe change to electric power can long be delayed. The form thatthis will take is, of course, to be decided, or at all events an-nounced, by the New York Central people in case they have de-cided upon the most desirable method. It seems almost impos-sible to imagine, however, that they have not done something def-inite in the way of plans for electrical equipment during the lastsix months, and we look f
. The Street railway journal . y inquiry and presentment, the con-demnation of the tunnel by the Board of Health and the popularagitation on the subject last summer, it seems hardly possible thatthe change to electric power can long be delayed. The form thatthis will take is, of course, to be decided, or at all events an-nounced, by the New York Central people in case they have de-cided upon the most desirable method. It seems almost impos-sible to imagine, however, that they have not done something def-inite in the way of plans for electrical equipment during the lastsix months, and we look for an early announcement that they havedecided upon an early change from steam to electricity. 64 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 2. The Manhattan Elevated Railroad The electrical equipment of the elevated lines of New York Cityis rapidly approaching completion. On Dec. 30 the first train to beoperated electrically over any considerable section of the road wasrun on the Second Avenue division. The power station had been. remarkable installation. Later the train will be used in regular passenger service. Through the courtesy of the Manhattan Railway Company theaccompanying photographs of the work, as it is at present, wereobtained. These are some of the first to be secured of the com-pleted machines and apparatus, of which the drawings were pub-lished in the Street Railway Journal a year ago. The magni-tude of the units, the many novel features combined in the construc-tion and equipment of the power house, and the importance of theservice to be given, make this one of the most interesting centralstations in the world. The total overload capacity is twice as great,and the voltage generated in the armatures five times, that foundat the Niagara Falls power plant. The engines are of a new typefor electrical stations, having a combination of horizontal and verti-
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