. The Street railway journal . most care-fully prepared, and will be found valuable as a book of reference toall interested in the growth of Southern trade. ♦♦♦ Electric Locomotive The accompanying illustration shows an electric locomotive re-cently built for the Deadwood & Delaware Smelting Company bythe J. G. Brill Company. It is a powerful little affair, although itmeasures but 8 ft. in length and is only 5 ft. 3 ins. wide. It stands2 ft. 3 ins. to the floor, and is furnished with a No. 5 motor,with two K 10 controllers. The wheel base is 4 ft. and the gage ofthe track 36 ins. Its smal
. The Street railway journal . most care-fully prepared, and will be found valuable as a book of reference toall interested in the growth of Southern trade. ♦♦♦ Electric Locomotive The accompanying illustration shows an electric locomotive re-cently built for the Deadwood & Delaware Smelting Company bythe J. G. Brill Company. It is a powerful little affair, although itmeasures but 8 ft. in length and is only 5 ft. 3 ins. wide. It stands2 ft. 3 ins. to the floor, and is furnished with a No. 5 motor,with two K 10 controllers. The wheel base is 4 ft. and the gage ofthe track 36 ins. Its small size and compactness made it possibleto use a light pedestal gear arranged to take the motors. FourBrill sand boxes are placed within the frame to give an equal andcomplete distribution of sand when it is necessary. The conveni-ence of a machine of this kind is hardly to be estimated by thosewho have had no experience with them. One man can handle al-most all the loads that may be necessary about an ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE In this case the machine is a fiat car as well as a locomotive. It isintended for use within a mine and on the surface as well. A thirdrail transmission of power is to be employed, and the GeneralElectric Company put on the necessary electrical equipment. Itis interesting to note that an electric locomotive, as adapted toevery-day commercial uses, is coming to be more and more em-ployed. Electricity is available in a large percentage of all manu-facturing establishments and railway tracks are equally commend-ed. A small expense for overhead wires or for third rail con-ductors makes a machine of this kind possible, and its convenienceis much greater than a pair of horses, while the economy is infavor of the electric machine, which, when not in use, is not eat-ing his head off. n6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. Vol. XV., No. 2. Water-Softening Plants BY N. O. GOLDSMITH The advantages of water softening are not generally under-stood or appreciated i
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