. The street railway review . 000,000. The flamesbroke out in the city of Hull, across the Ottawa River from Ot-tawa, about 10 oclock in llie forenoon and shortly after 12 oclockreached Ottawa, nearly a mile distant. Here they extended throughthe Chaudicrc, (he induslrial district of the city, fanned by a galeblowinj; Oo miles an Imiir, and before evening when the fire was moved to a steam power house of the lighting company to be usedin case of emergency, was saved. Power house No. 2, built lastwinter, adjoining No. i, equipped with three pairs of Stillwcll-Uicrcc & Smilh-Vaile water wheels d
. The street railway review . 000,000. The flamesbroke out in the city of Hull, across the Ottawa River from Ot-tawa, about 10 oclock in llie forenoon and shortly after 12 oclockreached Ottawa, nearly a mile distant. Here they extended throughthe Chaudicrc, (he induslrial district of the city, fanned by a galeblowinj; Oo miles an Imiir, and before evening when the fire was moved to a steam power house of the lighting company to be usedin case of emergency, was saved. Power house No. 2, built lastwinter, adjoining No. i, equipped with three pairs of Stillwcll-Uicrcc & Smilh-Vaile water wheels direct connected with an 1,800-h. J). Westinghousc generator escaped uninjured except slight dam-age to the water wheel regulator. Our system is now in full work-ing order, the same as before the fire, except the section betweenthe power house and Hull, about half a mile. Here the iron bridgesover the timber slides were destroyed and it will take several monthsto rebuild them. In the meantime a temporary structure is being. GENERAL VIEW FROM HOTEL OK ll-JON BRIDGE No. 2. RUINS OF IRON BRIDGE No. OF POWER HOUSE, OTTAWA ELECTRIC RY. finally under control, it had reached a point three miles from whereit originated. Through the courtesy of Mr. Jas. D. Eraser, secretary and treas-urer of the Ottawa Electric Railway Co., we are able to present built to accommodate our tracks. The burned power house wasvalued at about $100,000, covered by insurance. About three hun-dred poles, a large quantity of overhead and feed wire, and a num-ber of ties and rails were destroyed. Our loss outside of power
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