. The street railway review . formance of one of its twin tandemcompound direct coupled AUis enginesin the Green street power house of thePhiladelphia Traction Company, asshown by the Moscrop speed recorderdiagram reproduced herewith. Itshows a I 3-hoin- run of engine numljer4 in tliat plant. The normal speed is65 revolutions per minute. The verti- rt , Jiaoaeil -^^m~\ ^k 1 1 L w Y ylT t-rJ^ T^TTD /. n 1 1 1 1 1 : ^ m w ( 1 ! ; 1 j_ -4-H:^ Ufljt— i \ \ 1 ■ < it? A 4 1<3/. .l^f A \ ^ _J I cal lines rej^resent a \ariatiou of 5 per cent. The actualvariation as recorded by the poi
. The street railway review . formance of one of its twin tandemcompound direct coupled AUis enginesin the Green street power house of thePhiladelphia Traction Company, asshown by the Moscrop speed recorderdiagram reproduced herewith. Itshows a I 3-hoin- run of engine numljer4 in tliat plant. The normal speed is65 revolutions per minute. The verti- rt , Jiaoaeil -^^m~\ ^k 1 1 L w Y ylT t-rJ^ T^TTD /. n 1 1 1 1 1 : ^ m w ( 1 ! ; 1 j_ -4-H:^ Ufljt— i \ \ 1 ■ < it? A 4 1<3/. .l^f A \ ^ _J I cal lines rej^resent a \ariatiou of 5 per cent. The actualvariation as recorded by the pointer is so slight thai it lca\ esnothing to be desired in the way of regulation. * F. De Camp, of Berlin, Germany, has invented and put inoperation in that city a coal dust stoker which works some-what on the principle of an oil burner. The dust is blowninto the furnace by air blast after being ground in a amount of dust and air can both be regulated. It isclaimed to coniliinc the advantages of a forced draft and. v//m/////////////////m/////w///////////////////. W////////W/////////////////////////////////MCOAL DUST STOKER. mechanical stokers. It has no machinery exposed to the fireand therefore is not so expensive to maintain as a mechanicalstoker. In its operation the boiler flues are cleaned twice aday. The plan of this furnace shown herewith is repro-duced from the Engineering News. CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION MEETS. The Connecticut Street Railway Association met at NewHaven, the morning of November 18, at the offices of theFair Haven & Westville Railroad. The session was givenprincipally to an informal discussion. About twenty werepresent, nearly all the leading roads being represented,except those at Meriden and Stamford, controlled by theNew York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The elec-tion of officers resulted in the selection of II. Holton Wood,Derby, president; H. S. Parmalee, New Haven, vice-presi-dent; E. S. Goodrich, Hartford, treasurer; E. S. Breed,New Br
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