. Electric railway gazette . HUGHES FARE REGISTER. MECHANISM OF REGISTER. evident already that the use of the trolley in shortline passenger service must have lessened materially thedemand for the lighter grades of locomotives and thatfor this service the development of the future is to be inthe direction in which the Westinghouse concern hastaken the lead. It is also clear, from many experimentsalready recorded, that the application of mechanicalelectricity to the steam locomotive, whereby the powerderived from a given consumption of fuel may be enor-mously increased, opens new possibilities
. Electric railway gazette . HUGHES FARE REGISTER. MECHANISM OF REGISTER. evident already that the use of the trolley in shortline passenger service must have lessened materially thedemand for the lighter grades of locomotives and thatfor this service the development of the future is to be inthe direction in which the Westinghouse concern hastaken the lead. It is also clear, from many experimentsalready recorded, that the application of mechanicalelectricity to the steam locomotive, whereby the powerderived from a given consumption of fuel may be enor-mously increased, opens new possibilities for the productof the Baldwin works.—Philadelphia Times. The Trolley in Evidence.—The deadly effect of thetrolley on local railway traffic was again illustrated atthe station yesterday, in the appearance of the Holyoke changeable and numbered, it is only necessary in case ofaccident to order the part wanted, remove the brokenpiece, replace it w>ith the new one, and the machine isready for operation again, no filing or
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