. The Street railway journal . of,the current used ingrinding corn for fifty cows, and sawingwood, etc., was $2 per month. The costwas about one-half cent per bushel forgrinding corn. The farmers are all highly pleasedwith the performance of the motors,as practically no trouble has been ex-perienced with any of them. All thecare that the motors have required hasbeen that of oiling them at frequentintervals and renewing the brushes onceor twice a year. Power for the motorsis taken direct from the trolley andcarried on pole lines to the motorhouse. The advantage to a railwaycompany, having surpl
. The Street railway journal . of,the current used ingrinding corn for fifty cows, and sawingwood, etc., was $2 per month. The costwas about one-half cent per bushel forgrinding corn. The farmers are all highly pleasedwith the performance of the motors,as practically no trouble has been ex-perienced with any of them. All thecare that the motors have required hasbeen that of oiling them at frequentintervals and renewing the brushes onceor twice a year. Power for the motorsis taken direct from the trolley andcarried on pole lines to the motorhouse. The advantage to a railwaycompany, having surplus power, of sup-plying such service can readily be seen,as local firms can be induced to makethe installations, and then all the com-pany is required to do is to read the meter and collect the bills. -^♦^ NEW LIMITED SERVICE BETWEEN TOLEDO ANDDETROIT The Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Short Line has started itsnew limited service between Toledo and Detroit. There willlie four limited trains each way daily making the 60 miles. MOTOR HOUSE IN WHICH A 15-HP MOTOR IS INSTALLEDFOR OPERATING FARM MACHINERY DETACHED MOTOR HOUSE, SHOWING CHUTE IN WHICH THE BELT IS CARRIED TO THE LINE SHAFT IN THE BARN machinery is installed. In installing the motors every pre-caution has been taken to protect them from the weather, andto prevent possible damage to the wiring. The houses cov-ering them are built tight, to avoid the possible entrance ofwater, and are lined inside with sheet asbestos. A meter isinstalled in the house with each motor, which is usually of15-hp capacity. The total cost of installation of a motor is between the interurban station in Toledo and the city hall inDetroit in two hours. The company had built for this ser-vice two very fine parlor chair cars, but a trial trip last weekdemonstrated that the cars were too wide to pass other carson the city tracks in Toledo. If possible the cars will bealtered, and until this is done other cars will be used in theservice. August i8, 1906.
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