. The Street railway journal . the erection of a reinforcedconcrete chimney, 8 ft. in diameter by 150 ft. high. An-other innovation is a system of exhaust steam heating in-stallation which runs to the business part of the the new machinery is put in the company will re-model the entire power house, putting in reinforced concretefloors and generally improving the entire plant. The rolling stock has also been improved by the additionof new cars. The cars just purchased are of a standardcharacter throughout. They have stationary round endvestibules closed at diagonal opposite corners. T
. The Street railway journal . the erection of a reinforcedconcrete chimney, 8 ft. in diameter by 150 ft. high. An-other innovation is a system of exhaust steam heating in-stallation which runs to the business part of the the new machinery is put in the company will re-model the entire power house, putting in reinforced concretefloors and generally improving the entire plant. The rolling stock has also been improved by the additionof new cars. The cars just purchased are of a standardcharacter throughout. They have stationary round endvestibules closed at diagonal opposite corners. The windowsystem provides for the top sash to be stationary; lower todrop into pockets. The interiors, which are of cherry, areprovided with push-buttons. The truck is the Brill No. dimensions are: Length over end panels, 18 ft. 3ins.; over crown pieces, 28 ft. 3 ins.; width over sills, in-cluding sheathing, 7 ft. 2I/I ins.; the sills and sill plates are of standard dimensions. *^^ SYRACUSE & SOUTH BAY ROAD SOLD. THE VALVE DISSEMBLED ing. On removing these guides the valve seat extends outbeyond any other part of the casting and this permits theseat to be surfaced in a lathe. To prevent the valve beingplaced on the seat in a reverse position one of the guidesis made slightly higher than the other so that the valve willnot seat properly unless placed in the right position. Clifford D. Beebe, acting for a Syracuse syndicate, pur-chased the Syracuse & South Bay Railwayproperty at mortgage foreclosure sale,Feb. 21, for $251,000. Mr. Beebe statesthat the road will be pushed to completionand it is expected that it can be operatedsome time this summer. The propertysold to Mr. Beebe includes the whole ofthe railway already buih from north of thecity to South Bay, about 13 miles, and thereal estate constituting the right of is said that the Beebe syndicate has re-ceived assurances that the Rapid TransitCompany would renew the traffic agree-ment which expired Jan. i and
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