. The street railway review . ^ 43. 44 journeys end, the same unseen force has preceded tliemand arranged food for them to eat on arrival. During the harvest season, on a large farm near thehotel, a wire is run from the electric tramway and carriedout into the fields and there harnessed to a dynamo, andthe railroad is made to do duty and operate a threshingmachine, which turns out twenty-five hundred pounds ofgrain per hour with a Siemans Bros. & Co. motor andtwo men and one small boy. This is probably the onlystreet raiUvaj- in the world that is so closely allied to agri-cultural pursuits and
. The street railway review . ^ 43. 44 journeys end, the same unseen force has preceded tliemand arranged food for them to eat on arrival. During the harvest season, on a large farm near thehotel, a wire is run from the electric tramway and carriedout into the fields and there harnessed to a dynamo, andthe railroad is made to do duty and operate a threshingmachine, which turns out twenty-five hundred pounds ofgrain per hour with a Siemans Bros. & Co. motor andtwo men and one small boy. This is probably the onlystreet raiUvaj- in the world that is so closely allied to agri-cultural pursuits and the dear people. The followingillustration is taken from the line of the electric road.
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