. Electric railway gazette . The Van Depoele Company Busy. The Van Depoele,Electric Mfg. Co., of Chica-0, are working upon five 80 horse-power gen- I-Ienrys Car Starter. We hope to have a statement from them intime for our next issue, giving actual figures oftheir results. It is claimed by the promotors of the Connellysystem, that they conclusively proved during thepast summer iJiey could propel street cars an av-erage speed of 10 miles per hour, at a cost ofnot exceeding $ per day, covering fuel, lub-rication, and a liberal allowance for wear andtear of machinery. The Connelly motor is pe
. Electric railway gazette . The Van Depoele Company Busy. The Van Depoele,Electric Mfg. Co., of Chica-0, are working upon five 80 horse-power gen- I-Ienrys Car Starter. We hope to have a statement from them intime for our next issue, giving actual figures oftheir results. It is claimed by the promotors of the Connellysystem, that they conclusively proved during thepast summer iJiey could propel street cars an av-erage speed of 10 miles per hour, at a cost ofnot exceeding $ per day, covering fuel, lub-rication, and a liberal allowance for wear andtear of machinery. The Connelly motor is per-fectly independent; or complete within itself,being an adaptation of the gas engine with auto-matic attachment for generating its own gas fromnaphtha. It will certainly be gratifying to street railwaymen to know they will soon have an opportunityto satisfy themselves regarding the claims corroborated by actual service, its friends pre-dict a very prosperous future for the Nicholson & WATEK>rANs New Engine Lathe. erators, and four 100 horse-power generators,to say nothing of orders that are awaitingshipment, orders that have been received andnot put into the shop, and all their other 250 horse-power generator was one of thestriking sights of their shops to the visitor whowas admitted to the ground floor recently. Forlarge work the Van Depoele shops are noted, saysthe IVesiern Electrician, and the visitor who se-cures the opportunity to see it in construction,can not but marvel at the magnitude of themachines turned out here, as compared with whatmay be seen in the shops of other electrical con-cerns. Our contemporary also notes a great de-mand for their apparatus for street cars. and an improved adjustable take up, and isprovided with an open and shut nut, operatedby a lever. The spindles are made of high gradehammered steel. The head stock spindle runsin composition boxes and has a i J^^ inch holethrough its entire length. The front beari
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