. The Street railway journal . ited States,the labor saved in steaming up. It is the companys purpose An abundance of artesian water and a good distributing sys-ultimately to install electric hoists on all the wharves, as the tern, besides gas, electricity and an excellent climate, all corn-cost of operation and maintenance is not only lesshut they are always ready for immedite use inemergencies and there is no power wasted whenthey are not in use. The electric hoist illustrated in Fig. 25, and indetail in Fig. 26, was designed by the companyschief electrician and built by the Fulton EngineWor
. The Street railway journal . ited States,the labor saved in steaming up. It is the companys purpose An abundance of artesian water and a good distributing sys-ultimately to install electric hoists on all the wharves, as the tern, besides gas, electricity and an excellent climate, all corn-cost of operation and maintenance is not only lesshut they are always ready for immedite use inemergencies and there is no power wasted whenthey are not in use. The electric hoist illustrated in Fig. 25, and indetail in Fig. 26, was designed by the companyschief electrician and built by the Fulton EngineWorks, of Los Angeles. Fig. 27 shows a similarbut more compact design adopted for the otherhoists. A 25-hp 12-A motor is geared to a drum30 ins. in diameter, and gives the hoist a speed of200 ft. per minute. An ordinary K-17 controlleris used and a friction band is provided by whichthe drum is thrown into or out of connection withthe motor. A band friction brake is operated bythe foot. EFFECT OF ELECTRIC SERVICE ON REALTYHOLDINGS. Primarily, the object in giving good railroad FIG. 29.—WHARF NO. 3 AT REDONDO April 30, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 659 bine with nature to make this resort popular. The LosAngelos & Redondo Railway Company is a close corpora-tion, being virtually owned by two people. It has the fol-lowing named officers: President, L. T. Garney, Los Angeles;vice-president, Percy T. Morgan, San Francisco; secretary-treasurer, purchasing agent and manager, H. B. Ainsworth,Redondo; superintendent, L. J. Perry, Redondo; electricalengineer and general foreman, L. B. Pemberton, construction and improvements noted in the above de-scription have been effected under the personal supervision ofthe energetic manager, Mr. Ainsworth, who has been ablyassisted in the design and construction of the mechanical andelectrical features by Mr. Pemberton, the electrical engineer. ♦♦ THE POWER PLANT AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY OWNED BYTHE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA The State Capitol
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