. The street railway review . e recent orders being a 300 horse power steamplant for the Savannah and Rural Resort Railroad Co.,Savannah, Ga., a 300 horse power plant for Lancaster,and three 150 horse power compound condensing enginesfor a new short line at Jamestown, N. Y. A New Railway Lamp. A new railway lamp isabout to be put on the market by the Great WesternElectric Supply Co. of Chicago, which possesses thehighest ethciency, and is so constructed as to completelyeliminate the possibility of breakage of the carbon fromthe jar of the car. It is novel in design and finish,and is, in fact,
. The street railway review . e recent orders being a 300 horse power steamplant for the Savannah and Rural Resort Railroad Co.,Savannah, Ga., a 300 horse power plant for Lancaster,and three 150 horse power compound condensing enginesfor a new short line at Jamestown, N. Y. A New Railway Lamp. A new railway lamp isabout to be put on the market by the Great WesternElectric Supply Co. of Chicago, which possesses thehighest ethciency, and is so constructed as to completelyeliminate the possibility of breakage of the carbon fromthe jar of the car. It is novel in design and finish,and is, in fact, a departure from anything yet seen in themarket. The Bemis ,r shops are \ery full, beingobliged to run over time on account of large orders tobuild the Robinson Radial Truck for that company inBoston, on which they are putting their patent gears andattachments. Mr. Bird, their western salesman, at 45Lakeside Building, reports the outlook good for an ex-tensive trade for his company throughout the west Figure 2.—riu- Air Ship under full sail. Till: Thomson-Houston Electric Company has just is-sued a no page book, containing valuable statistics, show-ing the number, system and geographical location of eve-ry electric lighting station and street railway in the UnitedStates. It makes a good sized volume, shows great la-bor in compilation, and reminds one of a phjsical geogra-phy. The T-II people lead the list with 666 lightingjilanls and 103 electric railways. m^*\ %uIm;&i1^ ^4e«^- 59 ^Ilii; iMcGuiRic MANUi-AcrrKiNi; Co. riitort a \Lrylarge nidiitirs Inisiness for Jaiuiai\. ;\.mong the ordersreCLiv (.(1 In tluin for trucks wcw Iroin the Grand \ie\\]ieach Railway, and Rochester Street Railway, Roches-ter, the Galveston Street Railway, Gaheston, Texas, theNewark and GrancKille Electric Street Railw;n, New-ark, O., and a number of others. This company havejust jirinted a new cataloijue showinij; thtir j^oods. Till-; John Siiciimcnson Co., (limitidi, as usu
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