. The Street railway journal . -D. It is reported that the syndicate of American and Cana-dian capitalists which has been operating in Brazil for sometime, mainly in connection with traction and lighting prop-erties, has secured control of a number of steam roads andis planning extensions and improvement that will result inan expenditure of from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000. Amongthe members of the syndicate are: Sir Win. Van Horn,Frederick S. Pearson and Lauman Bull, of Edward Sweet& Company, of New York. August io, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL 231 GASOLINE MOTOR CARS FOR INSPECT
. The Street railway journal . -D. It is reported that the syndicate of American and Cana-dian capitalists which has been operating in Brazil for sometime, mainly in connection with traction and lighting prop-erties, has secured control of a number of steam roads andis planning extensions and improvement that will result inan expenditure of from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000. Amongthe members of the syndicate are: Sir Win. Van Horn,Frederick S. Pearson and Lauman Bull, of Edward Sweet& Company, of New York. August io, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL 231 GASOLINE MOTOR CARS FOR INSPECTION SERVICE The general interest felt in gasoline motor cars for rail-road service has called attention to the application of thispower to inspection cars. Fairbanks, Morse & Company, ofChicago, have done a great deal of work in this direction,first with a small velocipede car and later with a larger carfor section gangs, signal service, track inspection, trolleyrepair work, etc., in place of the ordinary hand car. The. GASOLINE INSPECTION CAR ON THE SANTA PE RAILROAD engine used in this companys cars is of the high compres-sion type, four-cycle and water jacketed. The accompany-ing engraving shows an inspection car built by the companyfor the Santa Fe Railroad. This car lias made 286 miles ina day and has run 2000 miles without repairs. In some cases these cars are being used for passengerservice, as at Houston, Tex., on a suburban extension tothe Houston electric railway system. This road is ownedby Brook Smith, a prominent banker at Houston, and agasoline motor car of the kind illustrated, and designed tobe operated at any speed up to 35 or 40 m. p. h. is employed. Another point where a Fairbanks-Morse gasoline motor car is being usedfor passenger service is between Hoxieand Walnut Ridge, Ark., a distance ofabout 2 miles. This car has transported600 passengers in one day. Another caris owned by the Mineral Wells & LakeWood Park Street Railway Company,of Mineral Wells, Tex.,
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