. The street railway review . $93,, as against $60, of theprevious year. Out of that amount two dividendsof 4 per cent, amounting to $71,000, having beendeclared. The reports of the three months of August, Septemberand October show an increased patronage of 1,479,764^ representatives of the art. The cars are 16, 18 and 20feet in length. They are mounted on trucks from thewell known factories of Brill, Bemis and the Fultonfoundry. The wheels are made by the Buffalo CarWheel Company. The cars are equipped with two motors each. Themotors are divided among the Royal Electric Companyof
. The street railway review . $93,, as against $60, of theprevious year. Out of that amount two dividendsof 4 per cent, amounting to $71,000, having beendeclared. The reports of the three months of August, Septemberand October show an increased patronage of 1,479,764^ representatives of the art. The cars are 16, 18 and 20feet in length. They are mounted on trucks from thewell known factories of Brill, Bemis and the Fultonfoundry. The wheels are made by the Buffalo CarWheel Company. The cars are equipped with two motors each. Themotors are divided among the Royal Electric Companyof Montreal, the Edison and the Westinghouse Com-panies. Their service is very hard, as there are numbersof 10 and 12 per cent grades and a maximum incline of14 per cent. 27 At present the power used is furnished bj- the Ro3-alElectric Company and, as sufficient power can be company will not now build a power house. The copper trollej- wire is strung on wooden polestemporarily, but iron poles will be substituted. J^:. ST. CATHERINES STREET—LOOKING WEST. The most distinctive feature of railway work in Mon-treal arises from the frequency, pertinacity and depth ofthe beautiful snow, which is no respecter of corpora-tions, and falls in a cold, damp, hard-packed blanket onthe street railway tracks and the heart of the many years the great difficulty was overcome tosome degree by the use of sleighs which made regulartrips. There were lOO of these in use. To take care of the snow fall is an immense task, asthe average fall for the past seventeen years has been 12feet annually. This the railway company is required byordinance to cart off from curb to curb, the city payingone-half the expense. With the advent of electric cars more extensive meansof removing the snow must be made, and the very inge-nious suggestion is made by Mr. , of melting thesnow. Chief engineer Cunningham works out the ideato this effect. The heat generated from 15 tons of coalwill melt 1,
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