. The street railway review . ation of the Elmira Illuminating Company justnearing completion. This plant, one of the finest in are no stuffing boxes between cylinders, the packing sleeveconsisting of a long tube babbitted to fit the piston cylinders are provided with the regular double valvearrangement whereby the opening and closing of theexhaust and the admission of the steam is regulated byfixed eccentrics driving the ruain valves, and the cut-off is regulated by an auxiliary valve driven by thegovernor, this valve being placed on all the fact the whole engine is a com
. The street railway review . ation of the Elmira Illuminating Company justnearing completion. This plant, one of the finest in are no stuffing boxes between cylinders, the packing sleeveconsisting of a long tube babbitted to fit the piston cylinders are provided with the regular double valvearrangement whereby the opening and closing of theexhaust and the admission of the steam is regulated byfixed eccentrics driving the ruain valves, and the cut-off is regulated by an auxiliary valve driven by thegovernor, this valve being placed on all the fact the whole engine is a combination in a new formof the principles and devices, already so well known,that have characterized Mcintosh & Seymour engines inthe past and made their success so great. (^^mWa^j^Vm/ r,2l LONDONS METROPOLITAN HADES. THE London Financial Observer states that a recentspell of hot weather played havoc with the incomeof the District Railway Companj (underground),and that with a temperature of over 80° in the shade, the. MC INTOSH-SEVMOUK IRULE EXPANSION. wayfarer has preferred to take the bus rather than bravethe Metropolitan Hades, in spite of the loss of timeinvolved. If this is the way it seems to an Englishman at the mildtemperature of 80°, what would an American public doin the higher temperatures common here. THE SANDUSKY RECEIVERSHIP. ALL things considered, the recent appointment ofCaptain J. C. Gilbert, as receiver for the San-dusky, Milan & Huron Electric Railway, was thebest for all concerned. The company was formed last autumn and began con-struction. It was capitalized at $100,000, of which$80,000 has been called in and the estimate of the cost ofthe line was $155,000. The balance of the necessar}-amount was to be raised on the sale of $75,000 in 6 percent bonds, at par. When the bonds were first issued, Cleveland capitalagreed to place them, but the floating was deferred untilAugust, when the stringency in the money marketworked the failure of the scheme. The m
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