. The street railway review . lbion , president of the Toledo Traction Co., also testified that hehad been over the line and considered 3 cents a passenger a fairprice for the right. A. M. Keeper, formerly secretary of Traction Co., George I. Whitney, Thos. S. Bigelow andGlher railway men agreed that the value of the right to the useof the terminal to be from 2 to 3 cents per passenger. SPRINKLING CAR FOR AUSTRALIA. There has just been completed by the Taunton Locomotive Man-ufacturing Co., of Taunton, Mass., an interesting sprinkling carthat is to be used on the Perth Tram
. The street railway review . lbion , president of the Toledo Traction Co., also testified that hehad been over the line and considered 3 cents a passenger a fairprice for the right. A. M. Keeper, formerly secretary of Traction Co., George I. Whitney, Thos. S. Bigelow andGlher railway men agreed that the value of the right to the useof the terminal to be from 2 to 3 cents per passenger. SPRINKLING CAR FOR AUSTRALIA. There has just been completed by the Taunton Locomotive Man-ufacturing Co., of Taunton, Mass., an interesting sprinkling carthat is to be used on the Perth Tramways, of South Australia. Thesprinkler consists of a strongly built cypress tank with walls 3 , carried on a body or framework of hard pine, which ismounted on a Brill No. 7 truck. The tank will hold 2,500 gallonsof water. The sprinkling pipes and water connections are all very large,none less than 4 in. in diameter, so that the full head of water inthe tank is available and the water is distributed over a broad TAUKTON SPRINKLING CAR. When working under gravity alone, the sprinkler will throw avolume of water covering a space of 8 ft. on each side of thetrack, but for broad boulevard work an auxiliary pump and motorare carried on the platform at one end of the car. This auxiliary out-fit consists of a No. 2 Gould rotary pump, and a specially wound,slow-speed Holtzer-Cabot motor of 2% h. p. Quick acting valves with convenient levers are so arranged that the flow of water fromthe pump can be started and stopped instantly without injury toany of the apparatus. The shape of the discharge nozzle secureseven distribution over a 40-ft. street, and the angle of the dis-charge pipe can be varied to any extent through 90 degrees. This sprinkler was constructed for heavy work, and no attemptwas made to secure a handsome appearance. The makers state that
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