. The Street railway journal . FORT EDWARD CAR HOUSE ordered eight 300-kw 40-cycle Westinghouse rotary converters,but, owing to labor troubles, it was decided to purchase powertemporarily from the Hudson River Power Company and notmake any effort to establish a water-power plant at that after this, it became apparent that the Hudson RiverWater-Power Company would not be able to furnish all thepower required by the Hudson Valley Company for the presentsummer, and these negotiations had to be abandoned. This leftthe Hudson Valley Railway Company with eight complete sub-. TROLLEY CRO
. The Street railway journal . FORT EDWARD CAR HOUSE ordered eight 300-kw 40-cycle Westinghouse rotary converters,but, owing to labor troubles, it was decided to purchase powertemporarily from the Hudson River Power Company and notmake any effort to establish a water-power plant at that after this, it became apparent that the Hudson RiverWater-Power Company would not be able to furnish all thepower required by the Hudson Valley Company for the presentsummer, and these negotiations had to be abandoned. This leftthe Hudson Valley Railway Company with eight complete sub-. TROLLEY CROSSING AT GLENS FALLS marked with a value for the accounting department. Mileagebooks containing $10 worth of coupons are sold for $ limited tickets for twelve round-trip rides are soldbetween any two points for one-half of the regular fair. Be-tween Glens Falls, Sandy Hill and Fort Edward tickets aresold at the rate of 33 for $, each ticket being good for afive-cent fare. These books are limited to three months. POWER EQUIPMENTThe present power equipment of the Hudson Valley Com-pany is a heterogeneous mixture of old and new, combining,as it does, the equipment of the consolidated roads. At present station outfits, but with no available power to drive conditions resulted in the employment of the rotaries asauxiliaries, and the development of the present system. One 300-kw 40-cycle rotary was installed at was belted to a 400-hp water-wheel, and separately excited,making a double-current generator, from which direct currentwas supplied
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