. Electric railway gazette . herebythe engines are connected with the driving capacity of a clutch is increased by thenumber of friction rings connected new propelling plant of the Brooklyn BridgeCable Railway consists of three Wright girderengines: the larger one is of 625 , the next400 , and the smaller one 275 Theclutch of the larger engine has 27 rings, that ofthe middle size ig rings, and the 275 engine13 rings. soon as Mr. Gilham arrived on the spot, andwork was about to commence, a feeling aroseagainst the cable, and the West End Co. settheir m
. Electric railway gazette . herebythe engines are connected with the driving capacity of a clutch is increased by thenumber of friction rings connected new propelling plant of the Brooklyn BridgeCable Railway consists of three Wright girderengines: the larger one is of 625 , the next400 , and the smaller one 275 Theclutch of the larger engine has 27 rings, that ofthe middle size ig rings, and the 275 engine13 rings. soon as Mr. Gilham arrived on the spot, andwork was about to commence, a feeling aroseagainst the cable, and the West End Co. settheir minds strongly in favor of electric propul-sion. They are somewhat like the one who ex-claimed, O how happy could I be with either,Were tother charmer away. San Francisco, the cradle of cable railways will soon be a network of cable roads. Thesame may be said of Chicago, Kansas City andCincinnati. The latter city, however, is goingto have electrically propelled cars also. St. Pauland Minneapolis too have passed ordinances for. le as a means of hauling street cars, would do1 to see this machinery at work; and the fol-ing cable railway companies, among others,it: Chicago City Railway Co., Chicago, 111.,plants); Kansas City Cable Ry. Co., Kansasy, Mo., (2 plants); Third Avenue Railway Co.,w York, N. Y.; North Hudson County Rail-^ Co., Hoboken, N. J.; Brooklyn Cable Co.,)okIyn, N. Y.; Metropolitan Street Railway, Kansas City, Mo.; Grand Avenue Streetilway Co., Kansas City, Mo.; Peoples Cable.; .Iway Co., Kansas City, Mo.; Inter-State Con- dated Rapid Transit Railway Co., Kansasy, Mo., (2 plants); Cable Tramway Co. oflaha, Omaha, Neb. Cable versus Electric Railways. The barometer of public opinion, in regard tocable railways and electric roads, rises and fallsin a peculiar manner. One month electric rail-ways are uppermost in public estimation; thenthat esteem ebbs, and cable roads become therage. Boston presents a strange spectacle of astreet railway company (the largest in the coun
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