. Electric railway gazette . -TEN PER CENT. GRADE. Essex County Electric Light Company. It consists of one150-hp Ball & Wood high speed automatic cut-off engine May 11, 1895. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 197 belted to a Westinghouse multipolar generator and oneGeneral Electric multipolar generator connected by belt toa 100-hp Ball automatic cutoff engine. The plant willshortly be increased by the addition of a 150-hp Westing-house generator. While the apparatus is owned by thecompany, steam is furnished at 120 pounds pressure fromMorrin Climax boilers owned by the Electric Light Com-pany. Considera
. Electric railway gazette . -TEN PER CENT. GRADE. Essex County Electric Light Company. It consists of one150-hp Ball & Wood high speed automatic cut-off engine May 11, 1895. STREET RAILWAY GAZETTE. 197 belted to a Westinghouse multipolar generator and oneGeneral Electric multipolar generator connected by belt toa 100-hp Ball automatic cutoff engine. The plant willshortly be increased by the addition of a 150-hp Westing-house generator. While the apparatus is owned by thecompany, steam is furnished at 120 pounds pressure fromMorrin Climax boilers owned by the Electric Light Com-pany. Considerable land is owned in West Orange by theTraction Company and it will soon commence the construc-tion of a commodious power house, car barn and offices. Since Dec. 6 last the road has been under the man-agement of Mr. Watson Whittlesey, as receiver, and by hissuccessful management, the property has been greatlydeveloped and increased in value. The superintendent and. electrical engineer of the company is Mr. F. H. Tidman,who has had a wide practical experience in electrical andengineering work. Speed of Trolley Cars. The Railway Committee of the New York Senate gave ahearing in Albany, last week, on the Wieman bill, fixingthe speed of electric cars in Brooklyn at six miles au hourwithin two miles of the ferries, and at eight miles an hourfor the rest of the city. The Brooklyn railway companieswhich objected to the passage of the bill, were representedby counsel, who showed that all attempts to give rapid tran-sit to the city would be nullified by the passage of the principal speech was made by S. S. Whitehouse, ofthe Brooklyn, Bath & West End Street Railway mentioned the fact that prior to 1892, the surface cars ofBrooklyn were operated by horses and that the averagespeed was eight miles per hour. The people demandedimprovements and the companies complied with the demandby installing the trolley system at an expense of mill
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