. The Street railway journal . March, 1894.] THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. i57 The cars are heated by both stoves and electric heat-ers, the Consolidated Car Heating Companys apparatusbeing employed in the latter case. The company buysits wheels of the Lobdell Car Wheel Company and hasadopted a thirty-three inch wheel with a two and a halfinch tread. The rolling stock of the company also in-cludes some snow plows supplied by the Brooklyn Rail-way Supply Company, of Stamford, Conn. In its machine shop the company has installed a largelathe, vices, block and fall, etc., for making all ordinaryrepa
. The Street railway journal . March, 1894.] THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. i57 The cars are heated by both stoves and electric heat-ers, the Consolidated Car Heating Companys apparatusbeing employed in the latter case. The company buysits wheels of the Lobdell Car Wheel Company and hasadopted a thirty-three inch wheel with a two and a halfinch tread. The rolling stock of the company also in-cludes some snow plows supplied by the Brooklyn Rail-way Supply Company, of Stamford, Conn. In its machine shop the company has installed a largelathe, vices, block and fall, etc., for making all ordinaryrepairs. Two views of attractions established by the companyfor stimulating traffic on the road are given in the ovalsin the engraving. These are views of Lakemont Park be-tween Altoona and Hollidaysburg owned by the company,. FIG. 1 —NEAT OVERHEAD WIRING—PITTSBURGH and where a first class pleasure resort has been plan of improvement during the coming year at thispoint contemplates the erection of a gravity railroad, amerry-go-round, the purchase of electric launches, andthe supplying of a baseball diamond. In addition tothese attractions a considerable part of the park has beenleft in its wooded condition, so that every variety ofpleasure seeker, whether anxious for rest or activity canbe suited. The officers of the Altoona & Logan Valley Railroadare: President, John Lloyd; secretary and treasurer, C. ; superintendent, C. L. West. The chief engineeris A. C. Shand, and the electrician W. H. Markland. During January a contract was closed between theFrench Government and Mr. Berlier, the well knownFrench engineer, relating to the construction and opera-tion of electric underground railroads in Paris. Abouttwenty-five miles of line will be built. The long projected railroad up the slo
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