. The Street railway journal . tfits for the Haverhill (M ass.) Electric Company, to be used inlighting and power work in that city; two 1500-kw outfits for the Rochester,Syracuse & Eastern Railway Company, and one 1000-kw outfit with exciterfor the Springfield Electric Light Company, Springfield, Mass.; also a 300-kwturbo-generator with exciter for the Northern Electric & Manufacturing Com-pany, of Montreal. The Springfield Electric Light Companys contract alsoincluded two 500-kw rotary converters and four 300-kw transformers. Thecompany also has closed a contract with the Ontario Power Compa
. The Street railway journal . tfits for the Haverhill (M ass.) Electric Company, to be used inlighting and power work in that city; two 1500-kw outfits for the Rochester,Syracuse & Eastern Railway Company, and one 1000-kw outfit with exciterfor the Springfield Electric Light Company, Springfield, Mass.; also a 300-kwturbo-generator with exciter for the Northern Electric & Manufacturing Com-pany, of Montreal. The Springfield Electric Light Companys contract alsoincluded two 500-kw rotary converters and four 300-kw transformers. Thecompany also has closed a contract with the Ontario Power Company for analternating-current generator with a rated output of 10,000 hp at 85 per centpower factor. This is in addition to three other machines of similar typewhich the Westinghouse Company is furnishing for this plant. The gener-ators are of the revolving-field, two-bearing type, designed for direct con-nection to water-wheels; they generate three-phase current at 12,000 volts and What They Say About The PEACOCK BRAKE. This Drum does f he to any Car. From Harrisburg, Pa The Peacock Brakes installed by us are workingvery General Manager for alarge line in Indiana says: We are satisfied from a mechanical point of viewthat the Peacock Brakes are a good line in Ohio reports Peacock Brakes just installed. Working O. large line at Dayton, Ohio, reports: Thus far they have been General Superintendent o}a large Illinois Line writes: Relative to Peacock Brakes recently shipped tous, we wish to advise that the same have beenentirelv satisfactory to a General Manager in WestVirginia thinks about them: In regard to Peacock Brakes which you furnishedus, will say: We had the same installed oncar—Peckham No. 21, E. Truck—the brakeshave now been in operation about ten car on which it was installed was consideredby motormen as the hardest braking car on theline. Since installation of the Peacock Brakethis conditi
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