. The street railway review . party in extensive hydraulic plant is now in course of construction atYork Haven, on the Susquehanna River, about 11 miles from Yorkand 16 miles from Harrisburg, The object of this enterprise isto supply current to operate the street railway systems of York,Lancaster, Steelton and Harrisburg, all of which places are withina radius of 16 miles from the new plant. A new line, it is said, willbe constructed from Cumberland to York, which will probably bethe first portion of the system to be supplied with current fromthe new plant. The York Haven Power & Water Co., wh
. The street railway review . party in extensive hydraulic plant is now in course of construction atYork Haven, on the Susquehanna River, about 11 miles from Yorkand 16 miles from Harrisburg, The object of this enterprise isto supply current to operate the street railway systems of York,Lancaster, Steelton and Harrisburg, all of which places are withina radius of 16 miles from the new plant. A new line, it is said, willbe constructed from Cumberland to York, which will probably bethe first portion of the system to be supplied with current fromthe new plant. The York Haven Power & Water Co., which is building thehydraulic plant, will also furnish power for operating various indus-trial plants in the nearby towns as well as supplying them withcurrent for lighting purposes. Mai. George B. Burbank. consultingengineer of the company, estimates that the falls will generate 25,000h. p. The power bouse for this plant will be 478x51 ft. and willcontain 40 turbine wheels of 600 h. p. capacity, 20 750-kw. alternating. GUI STS AT THK OPENING OF Till. AKKoN RAVKNNA LINE. front of the Ravenna court house. Mr. Christy, vice-president ofthe railway company, and Mr. Curric, general manager, were amongthose who made addresses at the reception. They explained thatthe company would give a first class service between Akron andRavenna and that 15 new cars had been ordered for this road I hiservice will be half-hourly throughout the greater part of the day. TUNNEL ACCIDENT IN LIVERPOOL. An unusual accident occurred in Liverpool, December 23rd. inwhich seven lives were lost on the overhead electric railway neatDingle station. A fuse which burned out set fire to a car just be-fore the train entered the tunnel in which were stored stacks ofcresoted railroad tics. These tics caught fire from the train andthe tunnel was soon enveloped in flames, which were extinguishedwith the greatest difficulty. The accident occurred at six oclock inthe evening and the train had been crowded, but the majorit
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