. The street railway review . BOATQWITH ELECTRIC PROPELLER. Rather than incur such an expense the boats could beequipped with the batteries, motors and propellers in therepair shop of the company. However, it is not the partyboat holding from a dozen to a score of persons that willreceive the most patronage but the smaller ones about thesize of an ordinary row boat with seats for two or four per-sons. The number of couples who would ride on the water would be many times the number of parties, and the expenseof such service must be within the means of the averagepatron of a popular resort. An e
. The street railway review . BOATQWITH ELECTRIC PROPELLER. Rather than incur such an expense the boats could beequipped with the batteries, motors and propellers in therepair shop of the company. However, it is not the partyboat holding from a dozen to a score of persons that willreceive the most patronage but the smaller ones about thesize of an ordinary row boat with seats for two or four per-sons. The number of couples who would ride on the water would be many times the number of parties, and the expenseof such service must be within the means of the averagepatron of a popular resort. An equipment has been perfected in Minneapolis by S. and T. B. Hatch, of the Monitor Electric Company,by which such boats can be run by an electric motor andpropeller, as shown in the illustration. This apparatus iscomposed of two parts; the propeller and motor hung onthe outside at the stern, and the battery placed anywherein the bottom of the boat. The former can be attached toany boat in a few minutes. The batteries
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