. The street railway review . ; Company. The New York office will be left in charge of A. , a graduate of Princeton, who has had exper-ience in electrical matters with the Thomson-Houston,Ft. Wayne, and Washburn & Moen Companies. J. , a Yale graduate, and formerly assistantengineer in the Chicago office of the Edison Companyhas charge of the Chicago office. Altogether the com-bination throughout is an eminently strong and practicalone, and continued success is assured in a measure com-mensurate with the increased capacity to plan and execute. AMES DIRECT CONNECTED ENGIN
. The street railway review . ; Company. The New York office will be left in charge of A. , a graduate of Princeton, who has had exper-ience in electrical matters with the Thomson-Houston,Ft. Wayne, and Washburn & Moen Companies. J. , a Yale graduate, and formerly assistantengineer in the Chicago office of the Edison Companyhas charge of the Chicago office. Altogether the com-bination throughout is an eminently strong and practicalone, and continued success is assured in a measure com-mensurate with the increased capacity to plan and execute. AMES DIRECT CONNECTED ENGINE. The engraving herewith presented,represents an Ameshigh speed engine directly connected with a generalelectric multipolar generator, making an entirely self-con-tained plant. The engine is 13 by 12 and makes 275revolutions per minute. The generator is floor space occupied is 7 feet, 6 inches by 9 feet, 4inches. Two of these combinations have been put inthe Continental Fire Insurance building, New The advantages of this form for condensed plants areclearly evident. The Ames people insist on furnishingan outer bearing or pedestal to support the end of theengine shaft. It is very substantial and fitted with a ringoiling device similar to those on the main engine bear-ings. They believe that any arrangement whereby thearmature is hung on the extended shaft without this bear-ing to be poor engineering and necessarily Ames engines both simple and compound are welladapted to direct connection with any make of generator. The Chicago Lake Street L has been finishedthrough to West Fifty-second street, five and a halfmiles from the heart of the city. 230 ^\ailM^l/^ylW RELATIVE COST OF STEAM, COMPRESSED AIR AND ELECTRICITY FOR THE OPERATION OF RAILROADS. BY GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT, CONSULTINCJ ENGINEER. There seems to be a general misapprehension in regard tothe relative economy of electricity as a motive power for thepropulsion of cars upo
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