. The Street railway journal . tor in New York. One of the twin series motor equipments manufact-ured by the United Columbian Electric Company, ofKingston, N. Y., has been in operation for some time onthe line of the Union Railway, of New York City. Themotor, which wasdescribed in our November issue, is of FIG. 1.—TWIN SERIES MOTOR TRUCK—UNION RAILWAY, NEW YORK CITY. fifty horse power, with two armatures geared directly tothe axles. The truck used is a Peckham, type 6A, with asix foot wheel base, and the car employed is the St. Louiscar, eighteen feet in length. The characteristics of theequip
. The Street railway journal . tor in New York. One of the twin series motor equipments manufact-ured by the United Columbian Electric Company, ofKingston, N. Y., has been in operation for some time onthe line of the Union Railway, of New York City. Themotor, which wasdescribed in our November issue, is of FIG. 1.—TWIN SERIES MOTOR TRUCK—UNION RAILWAY, NEW YORK CITY. fifty horse power, with two armatures geared directly tothe axles. The truck used is a Peckham, type 6A, with asix foot wheel base, and the car employed is the St. Louiscar, eighteen feet in length. The characteristics of theequipment are ease of riding and going around curves,with ease of starting. The car makes good speed, andshows particularly no slowing down on ascending a 6 percent, grade. Some recent tests have been made of econ-omy of current in comparison with motors of other types,which show very well for the twin series equipment. Fig. 1,shows the truck with motor equipment, and Fig 2, thecar now in New York City. The handsome building in. FIG. 2.—CAR EQUIPPED WITH TWIN SERIES MOTOR—UNION RAILWAY, NEW YORK CIIy. the background of the latter engraving is the car houseof the Union Railway Company. Four cars equipped with this type of motor have beenin use in Mobile, Ala., for some time, but though operat-ing under quite severe conditions, the amperage hasrarely risen above fifty. The Lewiston (Me.), & Auburn Street Railway haschanged hands; the purchaser is Edward E. Proctor, ofWakefield, Mass. The Shamokin (Pa.) & Bear Valley Electric RailwayCompany has been incorporated, with a capital stock of$100,000. The president of the company is E. C. Hamil-ton, of Shamokin. Others interested are: G. W. Smith,W. W. Ker, of Philadelphia; Charles M. Clermont, ofSunbury, and Martin Markle, of Shamokin. i6o THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. X. No. 3. THE TRANSFORMATION OF BALTIMORE. i* a 1* r 11 BALTIMORE TRACTION COMPANY. Some important work in both cable and electric con-struction has been done by
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