. Electric railway gazette . Mill Tramway at L.^wrence, Mass. lighting, the rails and a supplementary groundwire being used for the return circuit. The car equipment consists of one ordinarydump coal car, and one platform car, providedwith one three horse power no-volt series-woundmotor geareJ to the car axle, and capable of de-veloping sufficient power to haul a load of 5,000pounds at the rate of six miles an hour. At oneend of the car are placed two levers, one for thethe special type rheostat used for governing themotor, the other for the reversing switch. Bothof these as well as the brake
. Electric railway gazette . Mill Tramway at L.^wrence, Mass. lighting, the rails and a supplementary groundwire being used for the return circuit. The car equipment consists of one ordinarydump coal car, and one platform car, providedwith one three horse power no-volt series-woundmotor geareJ to the car axle, and capable of de-veloping sufficient power to haul a load of 5,000pounds at the rate of six miles an hour. At oneend of the car are placed two levers, one for thethe special type rheostat used for governing themotor, the other for the reversing switch. Bothof these as well as the brake handle are underthe immediate control of the operator who standsupon the platform in front. The floor of the caris made so that it can be readily removed t 1 allowan easy inspection of the motor and appliances,which, though covered with a thick coating ofcoal dust at all times, have failed to operatesince the tramway was first put in Mill Tramway at Lawrence, Mass. room, a distance of about 400 feet. The track islevel the entire length, and for the most partstraight, there being but two curves; a reversecurve just after leaving the coal pockets, and asimilar one, where the track enters the boilerhouse. In the electrical construction the overheadsystem has been used, brackets being employed * W. A. Barker, Chicago. Mr. Joseph Stanley, president of the Broad-way & Newburg Street Railway Co. of Cleve-land, O., was fatally injured on Feb. 28, by anaccident resulting from his alighting from oneof his own cars, when his coat became entangledin the gate of the platform. He was born inLiverpool, Eng., Feb. 28, 1S30, and was conse-quently exactly sixty years old on the day of theaccident. with other companies owning the various sys-tems for the production and marketing of artifi-cial light and power, it is enabled to constructsuch plants as circumstances render advisableat a very low cost, while its project for combin-
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