. The street railway review . FIG. 6,—DINKEY LOCOMOTIVE, CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY. (|)t\fidS\culwfiii\S^\4cW* 723. FIC. 7. —END VIEW OF BOILER ROOM. The driving nieclianism with conveyor and sponts in tlieboiler room is shown in Fig-. 5. All the spout valves arcoperated from the boiler room floor. The plant can beoperated by one man, which reduces the cost of storing andgetting the coal to the boilers to a minimum. The new power house of the Chicago City Railway Com-pany at 49th street and Oakley avenue is equipped with coaland ash handling machinery which is easily capable of mov-ing the vast qua
. The street railway review . FIG. 6,—DINKEY LOCOMOTIVE, CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY. (|)t\fidS\culwfiii\S^\4cW* 723. FIC. 7. —END VIEW OF BOILER ROOM. The driving nieclianism with conveyor and sponts in tlieboiler room is shown in Fig-. 5. All the spout valves arcoperated from the boiler room floor. The plant can beoperated by one man, which reduces the cost of storing andgetting the coal to the boilers to a minimum. The new power house of the Chicago City Railway Com-pany at 49th street and Oakley avenue is equipped with coaland ash handling machinery which is easily capable of mov-ing the vast quantities of fuel needed when that station isrunning at its full capacity. The fuel is the slack from coalscreenings and is brought from the mines near Terre Merely a nominal price is paid for this slack, and withfacilities for handling and firing it proves a very cheap is delivered in lots of several carloads and switched intothe yards of the station, in wliicli there is ample room for40 cars. When there is need of the coal the dinkey locomotive,shown in Fig. 6, pushes the car on the s
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