. The Street railway journal . me stockholders and is nowbuilding a station on the Kaw River, almost opposite the Metro-politan Riverside plant. The Metropolitan Street Railway hasalso contracted for eighteen Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boilersof 500 hp each and Green Engineering Companys traveling linkgrates to go under them. The capacity of the Metropolitan Street Railway Companyspresent direct-current Riverside plant, about which mention hasfrequently been made in these columns, is being taxed to handlethe present load, and two rotary converters will be put iri one ofthe companys old cable
. The Street railway journal . me stockholders and is nowbuilding a station on the Kaw River, almost opposite the Metro-politan Riverside plant. The Metropolitan Street Railway hasalso contracted for eighteen Babcock & Wilcox water-tube boilersof 500 hp each and Green Engineering Companys traveling linkgrates to go under them. The capacity of the Metropolitan Street Railway Companyspresent direct-current Riverside plant, about which mention hasfrequently been made in these columns, is being taxed to handlethe present load, and two rotary converters will be put iri one ofthe companys old cable plants and run as generators the comingwinter from the cable engines. When the new alternating-currentpower house is built these rotaries will, of course, be put in servicein one of the sub-stations. Some Improvements in the Newell Magnetic Brake The Standard Traction Company, of New York, has recentlyannounced that a few slight improvements have been made in theNewell magnetic track and wheel brake, which was described in. MAGNETIC BRAKE. TRANSPARENT VIEW, SHOWING METHOD OF ATTACHING BRAKE TO CAR FRAME AND TRUCKS the AUis-Chalmers Company, and similar to those in the Metro-politan Street Railway Ninety-Sixth Street power house at NewYork. The cylinder dimensions for the new engines, however, willbe larger. The high-pressure cylinders are to be 46 ins., the low-pressure 96 ins., and the stroke 60 ins. At 75 r. p. m. and 175 pressure these engines are rated at 5200 hp. They differmainly from the Metropolitan power house in New York by theuse of low-pressure cylinder 94 ins. in diameter instead of one 86 these pages a few months ago. The accompanying illustrationsshow on a large scale the details of the device as applied to singletrucks and maximum traction trucks. The latest forni of brakediffers but slightly from that pre\iousIy described, the making ofseveral minor changes having been thought advisable. One of theseis the introduction of a ball and socket joint at th
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