. The Street railway journal . edthat the motor could be operated by stored steam, theammonia experiment was abandoned and the motors wereoperated for a time with stored steam, primary boilers being erected at the main station. In 1889 the motors wereprovided with small furnaces and converted into regularsteam dummies. Four years ago the dummy system wasabandoned and the line operated by mule power untilthe introduction of electric power on February 9, introduction of electricity was accomplished onlyafter a proionged effort and in the face of many difficul-ties. Soon after the openin
. The Street railway journal . edthat the motor could be operated by stored steam, theammonia experiment was abandoned and the motors wereoperated for a time with stored steam, primary boilers being erected at the main station. In 1889 the motors wereprovided with small furnaces and converted into regularsteam dummies. Four years ago the dummy system wasabandoned and the line operated by mule power untilthe introduction of electric power on February 9, introduction of electricity was accomplished onlyafter a proionged effort and in the face of many difficul-ties. Soon after the opening of the Richmond electricroad in 1888 the superintendent recommended the intro-duction of electric power, and the directors adopted theidea. It was not accomplished, however, until a commit-tee of citizens, under the leadership of A. L. Abbott, under-took the work of securing the permits from the cityauthorities. OFFICERS. The system at present is under the management ofJos. Lennes, president, Walter V. Crouch, secretary, and.
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