. The street railway review . tion ofthe engine room. In the engine room are three large Allis com- Oct. is, 1901] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 757 pound-condensing vertical engines rated at 1,500 h. p. each, withWheeler condensers. Each engine drives a General Electric 550-volt generator of 850 kw. capacity. Steam for the engines issupplied from vertical boilers of 250 rated h. p., each equippedwith a mechanical stoker or chain grate. The steam pressure is160 lb. Coal for the furnace is delivered by means of a movingelevator driven by electric motors. Beyond the boiler room are trucks with 7 ft. wh
. The street railway review . tion ofthe engine room. In the engine room are three large Allis com- Oct. is, 1901] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 757 pound-condensing vertical engines rated at 1,500 h. p. each, withWheeler condensers. Each engine drives a General Electric 550-volt generator of 850 kw. capacity. Steam for the engines issupplied from vertical boilers of 250 rated h. p., each equippedwith a mechanical stoker or chain grate. The steam pressure is160 lb. Coal for the furnace is delivered by means of a movingelevator driven by electric motors. Beyond the boiler room are trucks with 7 ft. wheel base. There are also 30 trail cars made bythe John Stephenson Co. The cars are of a modern type, lowsteps and platforms, and with seats so arranged to permit the pas-senger to ride facing the front of the car, the seating capacity ofeach car being 32 passengers. Electrically the car is equippedwith two 25 h. p. motors, and with all the auxiliary appliances,^uch as life guards, illuminated signs, electric lights and safety. i ;• liouw .ING THE IIAV.:l«*d on llie former Munle Si. upcnioK inlo Eifiilu «|{ bu« •lie of the old Citr »»11«. ».|ie» Looking dowo Sol St., «ho«inK viv tru».e», fe-di-r ana ua i of car barn, at the turmlnal o( ihe Print line. situated coal pockets, and these will be kept supplied with coaldirectly from the water front, by cars specially constructed forthis purpose. The company has no closed motor cars which are 29 ft. b all, 8 ft. wide and 8 ft. 5 in- high from the bottom of thesills to the top of the roof. They arc mounted on McGuire A-i ;., ,.l Iladn ,„i „t . lin. repairs, and tlion ^TNKliT ;. down NeptuiKi St., \>:\-t | i , lr.,.n anil Neptuuo to Sol St. and Kjido Si., sliowini, Uii- cms barn at Carmclo. where cars are placed for ext. operating on the Vedado line are ttorcd at niirht. ga
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