. The Street railway journal . across the corner. Thereare four short seats placed longitudinally in the remaining seats are 37 ins. long. All are covered withgreen plush. The seats in the open compartment are ofthe slat type. The metal trimmings of the car are all nickel-plated. The car is equipped with Washburn radiating M. C. slotted to take a link. The trucks are the Car Companys 61-A type. They are fitted with34-in. steel tire wheels having 3V2-in. treads and The wheels are mounted on 5^-in. axles. The of the output of this plant will be dispo
. The Street railway journal . across the corner. Thereare four short seats placed longitudinally in the remaining seats are 37 ins. long. All are covered withgreen plush. The seats in the open compartment are ofthe slat type. The metal trimmings of the car are all nickel-plated. The car is equipped with Washburn radiating M. C. slotted to take a link. The trucks are the Car Companys 61-A type. They are fitted with34-in. steel tire wheels having 3V2-in. treads and The wheels are mounted on 5^-in. axles. The of the output of this plant will be disposed of along theline to Los Angeles. A very considerable amount of powerwill be utilized in the city of Santa Barbara. The EdisonCompany contemplates building plants Nos. 2, 3 and 4 onthe Kern River, which will aggregate over ioo,ooo hp inaddition to the output of the present station. *-^ ABESTOS-WOOL MIXED GREASE An asbestos-wool mixed grease that has been in use fora number of years on steam railroads for car journal lubri-. COMBINATION CAR FOR LOS ANGELES INTERURI3AN SERVICE trucks are mounted with four G. E. y^i motors controlledby the G. E. Type M controller. The cars which have just been completed, fifty in num-ber, were shipped from St. Louis to Los Angeles on theirown wheels. ^^» KERN RIVER PLANT OPENED Kern River Station No. i of the Edison Electric Com-pany, of Los Angeles, which is located in the lower Sierrasof California, almost at the headwaters of the Kern River,has been placed in operation. The route of transmissionlies through the canyon in a direct line, thence over thehills, plains and divide, to follow the course of the PiruRiver and its tributaries. Large galvanized iron towerscarry the heavy wire cables of the transmission line. Inmany respects the Kern River development is unique. Itis claimed to be the largest hydraulic electric plant west ofNiagara. The transmission line, which is 117 miles long,is one of the longest in the world. The pressure over the
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