. The street railway review . ntly closed and the other so that it can be closed for winterservice. A freight and express service is maintained between Vancouverand New Westminster, three round trips being made per day withexpress cars and freight being handled on flat cars, accordingto the demand. The motor cars for this service are of the railroadbox type without platforms, and have small compartments at eachend for the motorman and conductor. In dispatching cars on the interurban line the form reproducedherewith is used; it is made out in triplicate, one copy each forluotorman and conductor
. The street railway review . ntly closed and the other so that it can be closed for winterservice. A freight and express service is maintained between Vancouverand New Westminster, three round trips being made per day withexpress cars and freight being handled on flat cars, accordingto the demand. The motor cars for this service are of the railroadbox type without platforms, and have small compartments at eachend for the motorman and conductor. In dispatching cars on the interurban line the form reproducedherewith is used; it is made out in triplicate, one copy each forluotorman and conductor, and one for the dispatchers file. The main offices of the company arc in Vancouver, being locatedin the Terminal Building, which is the terminus of the inter-urban line to New Westminster. The freight depot is also locatedat this point. The steam power plant of the company in Vancouveris two squares from the oHices; this plant is to be abandoned withinone year, after the water power installation at Trout Lake is FIRST Illt LINE. The present capacity of the steam station is about 3,000 h. p. Thelighting department has 350 arc lamps for the municipality, and80,000 incandescent lamps of 6, 8, 10 and 16 candle power; thelo-c. p. lamp is most For commercial lighting current istransiuitted to the customers transformers at a potential of 1,100volts. Motor service current is furnished from the railway gener-ators; this arrangement is to be changed later to a two-phase 1,000-volt motor service. The equipment in this station is of the most varied kind. Inthe boiler room are Scotch marine type, horizontal return tubular,and Climax boilers. In the generator room are: Two 50-lightT. H. arc machines, two lou-light Western Electric arc machines,two 125-light Brush arc machines, all belted; four single-phase 150-kw. alternators belled, one soo-kw. two-phase alternator direct con-nected, one 500-kw. alternator belted, one 500-kw. rail-way generator direct c
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