. The street railway review . he trim inside is of white ash with three-ply veneer TANDEM COMPOUND ENGINE. old bridges across the Little Arkansas River, and to build two newones. One of these is shown in an accompanying engraving. The rolling stock includes 22 new cars, of which 10 are open and12 closed, mounted on Peckham 7-B trucks, equipped with G. and G. E. 52 motors. In the engine room is one Russell tandem compound condensingengine, with cylinders 16 and 27 x 24 in., direct connected to a 250-kw. Westinghouse direct current railway generators, and also driv-ing a i20-kw. alternatin
. The street railway review . he trim inside is of white ash with three-ply veneer TANDEM COMPOUND ENGINE. old bridges across the Little Arkansas River, and to build two newones. One of these is shown in an accompanying engraving. The rolling stock includes 22 new cars, of which 10 are open and12 closed, mounted on Peckham 7-B trucks, equipped with G. and G. E. 52 motors. In the engine room is one Russell tandem compound condensingengine, with cylinders 16 and 27 x 24 in., direct connected to a 250-kw. Westinghouse direct current railway generators, and also driv-ing a i20-kw. alternating machine, which supplies current to 181enclosed street arc lights. In addition the plant has as a reserveunit, one Hamilton-Corliss condensing engine, with cylinder 24 x48 in., belted to three D-62 generators, and driving one from a s-in. line shaft. Steam is supplied from one 300-h. p., and two 250-h. p. Stirling water tube boilers with forceddraft, the fan being supplied by the American Blower Co., of De-. RESERVE POWER HOUSE EQUIPMENT. iroit. The station also contains one Cochran 700-h. p. open heater,and one Wheeler condenser. The Russell engine, the heater, andthe condenser were furnished through the Arbuckle Ryan Co., ofToledo, O. The officers of the Wichita Railroad & Light Co., are: F. Duncan; vice-president, John E. Burnham; secretary andtreasurer, Edward Woodman; genera! manager, S. L. Nelson;superintendent and electrician. L. O. Williams; track superintend-
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