. The Street railway journal . ctricRailway, and has abandoned its power station and re-moved its generators to the plant of the MontgomeryLight Company, as it was found too expensive to operateso small a plant. The station equipment consists of oneWestinghouse high speed, compound engine of 125 h. p.,and a Westinghouse W. P. generator of 150 h. p. Montgomery Light Company. This company, which is under the supervision of Barrett, supplies both arc and incandescent lights forcity purposes and power for stationary motors, and alsorents space for the generators employed in furnishingpower fo
. The Street railway journal . ctricRailway, and has abandoned its power station and re-moved its generators to the plant of the MontgomeryLight Company, as it was found too expensive to operateso small a plant. The station equipment consists of oneWestinghouse high speed, compound engine of 125 h. p.,and a Westinghouse W. P. generator of 150 h. p. Montgomery Light Company. This company, which is under the supervision of Barrett, supplies both arc and incandescent lights forcity purposes and power for stationary motors, and alsorents space for the generators employed in furnishingpower for the street railways, as noted above. The sta- April, 1894.] THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 241 tion occupies a very plain building on the banks of theMontgomery River on the north side of the city. Thepower equipment of the station, besides the railway gen-erators, consists of one Atlas-Corliss engine of 250 h. p.,and one Armington & Sims high speed engine of 80 H. one 90 h. p. Cummer engine, made by the Kibby ,122848. Metre No. Date ..Contract Read by . Present Last Reading Consumption Amount of Bill, $ - — Remarks FIG. 4—METER BLANK—MONTGOMERY LIGHT CO. Manufacturing Company of Cleveland. There are fourThomson-Houston fifty light, arc machines, andtwoWest-inghouse incandescent light machines, which supplypower for 1,750 lights. The fuel consists of Mildale run-of-mine coal, costing $ a ton delivered. The streetrailway companies pay a certain price per horse powerhour for power, and for measuring the amount consumed
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