. The street railway review . lan has provedso successful as an auxiliary that it will probably not be it is not claimed that this is the most efficient way of operat-ing the road it points out the advantages of using rotary convertersin a water power plant instead of a second set of generators. Thecompany expects, however, lo secure power from the Spier Fallspower house of the Hudson River Water Power Co. within fio rolling stock has Iwen by ihc addition of ten 15-twnch open cars and three double truck closed cars. Most of thecars owned by the company were bu
. The street railway review . lan has provedso successful as an auxiliary that it will probably not be it is not claimed that this is the most efficient way of operat-ing the road it points out the advantages of using rotary convertersin a water power plant instead of a second set of generators. Thecompany expects, however, lo secure power from the Spier Fallspower house of the Hudson River Water Power Co. within fio rolling stock has Iwen by ihc addition of ten 15-twnch open cars and three double truck closed cars. Most of thecars owned by the company were built by the J. M. Jones Sons Co.,of Walcrvliet. and arc mounted on Taylor trucks. The HudsonValley Railway Co. makes a specialty of furnishing chartered parlorand open cars from or lo any point on the line at reasonable special feature of the chartered car service for the past season hasl>een the handling of excursion cars in trains by electric locomotiveswith from two 10 ten cars in the trains, thus enabling a num-. ber of cars belonging to one excursion to he moved at one officers of the company as at present organized arc as fol-lows: President, Addison 1^. Colvin; first vice-president, John \; second vice-president, George E. Greene; chairman ex-ecutive committee, Peter McCarthy; treasurer, Frank L. Cowles;general passenger agent. Hermon E. Smith ; secretary and attorney,Joseph .\. Kellogg; general counsel, Charles A. Gardiner; super-intendent Waterford and Saratoga divisions. John .MalnMiey ; super-intendent Glens Falls division, F. W. Kiiimouth; superintendentpower and lines, J. B. Ingersoll; purchasing agent, J. G. Phillips. OTHER ROADS. in reviewing the electric railway lines in the territory tributaryto Albany mention should be made of the Troy & New EiiglanilRy. and the Ballston Terminal R. R. The Troy & New England Railway Co. operates about nine milesof track from .Mbia in the city of Troy southeast to Sand Lake and,\verill Park. It has t
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