. The Street railway journal . rmen andconductors. The British Electric Traction Company, of whichSir Charles Rivers Wilson, chairman of the Grand Trunk Railway,is chairman of the board of directors, and Emile Garcke is man-aging director, has capital liabilities of £2,600,000, with power toissue a further £400,000 in debenture bonds. There is £600,000outstanding in 5 per cent debentures, £900,000 in £10, 6 per centpreferred shares, and the remainder in £10 shares of commonslock. The company has recently assumed control of the Electrical at Room 605, 120 Liberty Street, where he will probably
. The Street railway journal . rmen andconductors. The British Electric Traction Company, of whichSir Charles Rivers Wilson, chairman of the Grand Trunk Railway,is chairman of the board of directors, and Emile Garcke is man-aging director, has capital liabilities of £2,600,000, with power toissue a further £400,000 in debenture bonds. There is £600,000outstanding in 5 per cent debentures, £900,000 in £10, 6 per centpreferred shares, and the remainder in £10 shares of commonslock. The company has recently assumed control of the Electrical at Room 605, 120 Liberty Street, where he will probably remainfor a few days. It is his intention to afterward make a rapid tourof the Eastern half of the country, in order that he may visit suchapplicants as find it inconvenient to see him at his New Yorkoffice. Large Power Station in St. Louis The immense power station of the St. Louis Transit Company,which is located on North Second Street, is nearly ready foroperation. The station extends from Malinckrodt Street to Salis-. NEW POWER STATION AT ST. LOUIS bury Street, and occupies a space 302 ft. long by 140 ft. 8 ins. wide,giving two rooms 297 ft. x 66 ft. inside. The engine room willcontain two cross-compound Fulton-Corliss engines, each 36 70 ins. x 60 ins. stroke, and each directly connected to a Gen-eral Electric generator of 2250 kw and two other engines of thesame type, with cylinder dimensions 28 ins. and 54 ins. x 60 , each directly connected to a 40-pole 1200 kw General Elec- 3io STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 10. trie alternator. Each engine will operate at 75 r. p. m. The man-agers are now awaiting only the receipt of certain electrical ma-chinery, when the station will be in operation. New England Street Railway Club Meeting The regular meeting of the New England Street Railway Clubwas held at Wesleyan Hall, Boston, on Feb. 27, with President Spring in the chair. After the usual routine business had beentransacted, the evening was
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