. The street railway review . lofeet wide by 26 feet long by 34 inches deep. Six trussgunwales of 4 by 6-inch pine add strength; it is plankedwith 2-inch pine, with deck and all securely caulked andsheeted with iron. The cabin extends the whole widthof the vessel, leaving three feet at each end for a plat-form. The runners are two in number and made of 4by 6-inch oak, steel shod. The distance between the two landing points is 1,200feet, and to propel this amphibian a cable plant wasimprovised. The power plant was situated on the Supe-rior side of the channel and consisted of two 20-horse-power
. The street railway review . lofeet wide by 26 feet long by 34 inches deep. Six trussgunwales of 4 by 6-inch pine add strength; it is plankedwith 2-inch pine, with deck and all securely caulked andsheeted with iron. The cabin extends the whole widthof the vessel, leaving three feet at each end for a plat-form. The runners are two in number and made of 4by 6-inch oak, steel shod. The distance between the two landing points is 1,200feet, and to propel this amphibian a cable plant wasimprovised. The power plant was situated on the Supe-rior side of the channel and consisted of two 20-horse-power motors geared to two 3-foot drums, or strictlyspeaking, to one drum, for the second mentioned servedas the idler and also as a tension carriage, being set in asliding bed, from the end of which was attached a chainwhich ran over pulleys to a weighted box. A sheavewas set on the dock at the Duluth end for the terminalsheave. The cable used is an inch steel rope with thenecessary carrying and guiding pulleys. This was all the. Mr. Majo says, in relation to the work: Though asailor by profession, with the trackless deep as a right ofway, and while I have seen times when joints were lowand the whole roadbed needed surfacing badly, still Ipresume any novelty connected with passenger transpor-tation will be of interest to Reivew readers. While engaged in the ferry service between ConnorsPoint, Superior, and Rices Point, Duluth, it occurred tome that the service could be continued throughout thewinter when the ice had formed and navigation wasimpossible. propelling machinery required. The rope was run overthe deck of the scow, which is provided with two simplescrew grips, one at each end of the boat, to control themotion. After a few alterations the boat started regular tripsthe first of January. On March 15th, the ice gave wayat a point 1000 feet from the Superior shore. This wasthe anxious moment, but the amphibian did all that wasexpected of her, by sliding from the ice into the w
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