. The street railway review . ations ofMr. Beggs is a very gratifying recognition of his ability in man-aging the properties. 4 ■ * The Galxeston (.Tex.) City R. R. has been granted an exten-sion oi its franchise for the term of 50 years and $200,000 will beexpended lor new equipment. 54 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. X, No. 12. AUTOMATIC ENCLOSED ARC HEADLIGHT. CURTAIN FIXTURES. The \V. R. Garlon Co., of Chicago, is just putting on the marketa new enclosed arc headlight for street cars for which most de-sirable features are claimed. The headlight has a dimming deviceso that the arc may be turne
. The street railway review . ations ofMr. Beggs is a very gratifying recognition of his ability in man-aging the properties. 4 ■ * The Galxeston (.Tex.) City R. R. has been granted an exten-sion oi its franchise for the term of 50 years and $200,000 will beexpended lor new equipment. 54 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. X, No. 12. AUTOMATIC ENCLOSED ARC HEADLIGHT. CURTAIN FIXTURES. The \V. R. Garlon Co., of Chicago, is just putting on the marketa new enclosed arc headlight for street cars for which most de-sirable features are claimed. The headlight has a dimming deviceso that the arc may be turned down when the car enters businessstreets. There are also adjustable buffers which permit the angleof the shaft of light to be changed. The lamp connects directlyacross the street railway circuit, using a minimum current of i am-pere, with a voltage across the arc of about 280 volts. The arc. al-though ili in. long, is remarkably steady and gives a splendid Multiplex reflectors arc used with these headlights. The. LEA. ELECTRIC .\RC lamp is entirely self-contained. The small amount of resistancerequired is placed in an apartment at the back of the lamp, insteadof being placed on the platform of the car, and is easily lamp is entirely automatic in action, it requiring no handfeed, as in some headlights. A door in the upper portion of thelamp allows ready access to the working parts. The trimming iseasily performed by removing the inner globe and taking out thecarbons through the bottom of the lamp. One set of carbons willburn 100 hours. These lamps are made by the Lea Electric Manu-facturing Co., of Elwood, Ind., for which the \V. R. Carton Co. isagent. CELEBRATE OPENING OF NEW STREETRAILWAY. The opening of the CoUinsville, Caseyville & East St. LouisElectric R. R., November 24th, was celebrated by a banquet givenby the citizens of CoUinsville to the promoters of the road andother guests. The banquet was held in the Commercial Hotel,CoUins
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