. The story of the Pullman car . onateexpense to the lighting of a single house. As to what thatexpense will be, as compared with gas, the Brighton train,would, if we had an idea of the actual figures, afford aprecise means of information. I met on the train a well-known gas engineer, attracted, like , by the noveltyof the experiment. What the electric light cost he wasnot able to say, but when we take into account the capitalsunk in plant, involving a steam engine with the necessarybuildings, consumption of coal and necessary employmentof skilled labor, it must be something considerabl
. The story of the Pullman car . onateexpense to the lighting of a single house. As to what thatexpense will be, as compared with gas, the Brighton train,would, if we had an idea of the actual figures, afford aprecise means of information. I met on the train a well-known gas engineer, attracted, like , by the noveltyof the experiment. What the electric light cost he wasnot able to say, but when we take into account the capitalsunk in plant, involving a steam engine with the necessarybuildings, consumption of coal and necessary employmentof skilled labor, it must be something this is the bare fact that the Brighton train couldbe lighted with gas for the double journey at the cost oflod. It is a physical impossibility that electricity shouldever come anywhere near this, and that probably explainsthe singular phenomenon that at the time when electricityis making conspicuous advances In public favor, the valueof gas shares is not only steadily maintained, but is actu-ally rising in the The steel parts used for interior car finish are all standardized,and are formed by powerful presses
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