. The street railway review . lway at Nevada,Mo., has purchased the electrical equipment of the WestinghouseCompany. ^1]md%ilHiai\S\g\icw* 893 BRIDGES AT CINCINNATI. The accompanying illustrations are from photographs of crossing the Ohio river which are used by the Cincinnati,New port & Covington Railway Company. Those ou the leftshow the suspension bridge which has been rebuilt for the useof the street railway company at a cost of $185,000. During thetwo years that the reconstruction work has been in progress,traffic has not been interrupted for a single hour. This bridge LIGHTNI
. The street railway review . lway at Nevada,Mo., has purchased the electrical equipment of the WestinghouseCompany. ^1]md%ilHiai\S\g\icw* 893 BRIDGES AT CINCINNATI. The accompanying illustrations are from photographs of crossing the Ohio river which are used by the Cincinnati,New port & Covington Railway Company. Those ou the leftshow the suspension bridge which has been rebuilt for the useof the street railway company at a cost of $185,000. During thetwo years that the reconstruction work has been in progress,traffic has not been interrupted for a single hour. This bridge LIGHTNING AND LIGHTNING ARRESTERS. Abetract of a Lecture before the Franklin Institne, NcTember 2.;, 1898, byA. J. Wnrts. In earlier days, when little was known about electrical phenom-ena, fires were lighted and bells tolled to frighten away the light-ning; but when Benjamin Franklin, with his remarkable kiteexperiments, established the identity between lightning andelectricity, people were glad to accept his demonstrations and. CINCINNATI BRIDGES. saves 15 minutes in the trip between Cincinnati and Covingtonby street cars and is of course a great convenience. Those on the right show the new Louisville & Nashville Rail-road bridge, which is considered the best bridge across the Ohio atthis point. It connects Newport with Cincinnati, the northernend landing passengers at the Pennsylvania Railroad are two street car tracks on this bridge for the Cincin-nati, Newport & Covington, and one track for the LouisvlUe& Nashville. « « » SALES IN BROOKLYN. November 10 the Brooklyn Elevated, the Union Elevated andthe Brooklyn Bridge & Seaside Elevated Raihoads were soldunder foreclosure proceedings to P. B. Olcott, representing theCentral Trust Company, the bids were $1,750,000; .$3,075,000, and$052,500 for the three roads. The three companies will be con-solidated and known as the Brooklyn Union Elevated RailroadCompany, and it is stated that Frederick Uhlmann, the presentreceiver
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