. The street railway review . separate, and with that end in view, have decided that tick-ets, whether local, trip or commutation that have been issued for theregular steam service, in which there will be no change whateverwill not be good or accepted on the electric trains. Passengers wishing to use the electric service will be re<|iiirc(l topiirchasi tickets, which will be collected before they enter the train. 3ri4 (^teed/5^mlAVay*J\eA^^ No baggage, bicycles or express matter will be carried. Electrictrains will leave Hartford and New Britain every 20 minutes, sched-ules to be issued lat
. The street railway review . separate, and with that end in view, have decided that tick-ets, whether local, trip or commutation that have been issued for theregular steam service, in which there will be no change whateverwill not be good or accepted on the electric trains. Passengers wishing to use the electric service will be re<|iiirc(l topiirchasi tickets, which will be collected before they enter the train. 3ri4 (^teed/5^mlAVay*J\eA^^ No baggage, bicycles or express matter will be carried. Electrictrains will leave Hartford and New Britain every 20 minutes, sched-ules to be issued later, but it is understood that they will start earlyenough in the morning to accommodate the business travel betweenNew Britain and Hartford and will run late enough at night to accom-modate theater or other evening parties. The steam service consists of 8 trains per day each waybetween Hartford and New Britain and 14 trains each wayper day between New Britain and Berlin. The power station for the two sections is at Berlin the. BOILER SETTINGS. e.\treine end of the line; it is the third built by the companyand is known as No. 3. Ground was broken on December iS, 1896, and on May10, of this year the track construction and station were sofar advanced that a successful trial trip was had and a carran over the line into Hartford via New Britain. The power station as built is of brick, 105 ft. wide and113 ft. long. A little over one-half of the intended sta-tion has been erected; one end is of wood, which will beremoved when the whole building, 200 ft. in length is frame work and roof trusses are of steel, built by theBerlin Iron Bridge Company ; heavy steel girders supportthe weight of a 35-ton traveling crane, thus relieving thebrick walls of much stress. A 26-in. brick wall extends lengthwise through the build-ing rising to the peak of the roof, 60 ft. high. On one sideof this wall, in front, is a heavy floor supported on ironbeams, 14 ft. above the basement. On this flo
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