. The street railway review . n, Belleview, Depew and line leaves lUiffalo by Broadway, and is 14 miles inlength. The fare for the round trip is 25 cents. The lineserves a population of over 10,000. Depew is a compara-tively new manufacturing village, where about 3,000 empjoyed, many of whom live in Iufifalo and ride badeand forth every day. The other divisions have nu special features and will 111,1be described in detail. Some of the suburban lines are biiiton the public high\va\s and others occupy private or leasedrights of way. l>OVVER. One of the most interestin
. The street railway review . n, Belleview, Depew and line leaves lUiffalo by Broadway, and is 14 miles inlength. The fare for the round trip is 25 cents. The lineserves a population of over 10,000. Depew is a compara-tively new manufacturing village, where about 3,000 empjoyed, many of whom live in Iufifalo and ride badeand forth every day. The other divisions have nu special features and will 111,1be described in detail. Some of the suburban lines are biiiton the public high\va\s and others occupy private or leasedrights of way. l>OVVER. One of the most interesting features connected with theInternational Traction System is the power \lthough the company owns a steam generating plant inRuflfalo of 7,500 h. p. capacity, and which is known as theNiagara St. plant, a large part of the power is bought fromthe Niagara Falls Power Co., or, rather, from the CataractPower & Conduit Co., which is the name of the local com-pany in Bufifalo, which receives and distributes the cur-. FIG. .1-LEWISTON BRIDGE OPENING DAY. rent, both for light and power, that is generated by thewater power at the falls, over 20 miles away. The railroadcompany, however, now receives a part of its power directfrom the transmission line and transforms it in its own sta-tion. In this connection it is interesting to note the devel-opment in the employment of this power by the railwaycompanv. In June, 1896, the Buflfalo Railway Co. pur-chased from the Cataract Power & Conduit Co. 1,000 elec-trical horse power, which was delivered from the distributing Dec. is, i8gg.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 811 station at a pressure of frcjiii 350 to 375 volts, 25 cycles, torotary converters whicli were located at llic Niagara Stpower station, and wiiicb converted tlie alternating currentto a 500-vnlt current by which the cars arc opcr-alid. .\flir one year a second lilock of 1,000 C. h. p. wastaken and a j,u(M-h. p., one hour rating, storage battery (fthe lilectric St
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