. Electric railway gazette . ers,going into considerable detail and making suggestions ofpractical value. Heating Tests. The McGuire Manufacturing Company of Chicago fur-nishes the following figures, showing the results of a com-parative test of heaters on cars of the Chicago City RailwayCompany. The coal stoves were the Columbian magazineheaters, manufactured by the McGuire Company. Duringthe winter, 76 motor cars, with anthracite coal stoves,and 10motcr cars, with two types of electric heaters, were cars were 21 feet long with no vestibule. The backand front doors were opened oc
. Electric railway gazette . ers,going into considerable detail and making suggestions ofpractical value. Heating Tests. The McGuire Manufacturing Company of Chicago fur-nishes the following figures, showing the results of a com-parative test of heaters on cars of the Chicago City RailwayCompany. The coal stoves were the Columbian magazineheaters, manufactured by the McGuire Company. Duringthe winter, 76 motor cars, with anthracite coal stoves,and 10motcr cars, with two types of electric heaters, were cars were 21 feet long with no vestibule. The backand front doors were opened occasionally in actual service. The adaptation of electricity to elevated and steam railwaytraction and the increase in suburban traffic has necessi-tated the use of motors of a heavier and more powerfultype than that ordinarily used in street railway service. Tomeet the demand created by this need, the General ElectricCompany has recently designed two sizes, known, respect-ively, as the G. E. 1,200 and G. E. 2,000. These have. NEW RAILWAY MOTOR. already been long enough in service to show that they meetthe requirements of the heavier service in a most satisfactorymanner. The G. E 2,000 motor, shown in our illustra-tion, is designed for a draw bar pull of 2,000 pounds whenmounted on 33-inch wheels, and derives its name from thatfact. Complete, with gear case, it measures only 40 inchesin width, and is therefore adapted to use on standard gaugeaxles. For its power its weight, 4,300 pounds, is compar-atively light. The armature is of the barrel type, amethod of constructing which allows of the ready repair ofa damaged conductor. The iron-clad construction of thearmature, so conspicuously successful in the well-knownG. E. 800, is followed. The G. E. 2,000 motor is nowoperating successfully the cars of the Metropolitan WestSide Road recently opened in Chicago. It is also usedupon the cars which run on the Nantasket Beach divisionof the N. Y., N. H. & H. Ry. The G. E. 2,000 findsa fie
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