. The street railway review . the Review, May, i8y9, page, 353, was an announcement ofllu- incorporation of this company under the laws of New Jersey,an<l that it had obtained control through the purchase of stock, o(three large railway systems in Iennsylvania. Other properties have been secured from lime to lime and nowthe company controls the following: Wilkes-Barre & Wyoming Valley Traction Co. Wilkes-Barre, Dallas & Harveys Lake Railway Co. Lebanon Valley Street Railway Co. Irenton Street Railway Co. Wilmington & Chester Traction Co. Wilmington City Railway Co. Chester Tract
. The street railway review . the Review, May, i8y9, page, 353, was an announcement ofllu- incorporation of this company under the laws of New Jersey,an<l that it had obtained control through the purchase of stock, o(three large railway systems in Iennsylvania. Other properties have been secured from lime to lime and nowthe company controls the following: Wilkes-Barre & Wyoming Valley Traction Co. Wilkes-Barre, Dallas & Harveys Lake Railway Co. Lebanon Valley Street Railway Co. Irenton Street Railway Co. Wilmington & Chester Traction Co. Wilmington City Railway Co. Chester Traction Co. Delaware County & Ihiladelphia Electric Railway Co. llolmcsburg, Tacony & Erankford Electric Railway Co. Roxborough, Chestnut Hill & Norristown Railway Co. United Traction Co., of Reading. Wilmington City Electric Co. Citizens Electric Light & Power Co., of Delaware County. Edison Electric Illuminating Co., of Lebanon, Pa. The street railways in this list have an aggregate of over 3m- ■m 1 1—LAYING (.(1 FT. GIRDERS-TEMPORARY TRACK AT LEFT. 2—POWER HOUSE. 3-IXTERIOR OF POWER HOUSE DURING ERECTION OF MACHINERY. produce tlic illustrations. There yet remains some work in the heartof the city replacing light weight rails with 85-lb. 60-ft. girders. The power plant is located in Colonia, Indianilla, south of the cityand comprises three buildings, engine room, boiler house and coalstorage, with steel frames; the walls are of stone and tepetate andwere erected after the frame and roof were up and most of the ma-chinery in place. The equipment includes three batteries of Babcock & Wilcoxwater-tube high-pressure boilers, supplying steam to two Mcintosh& Seymour cross-compound condensing engines, each direct con-nected to one General Electric 425-kw. 550-volt generator operatingat 100 r. p. m. There is also a single cylinder Mcintosh & Seymourengine direct connected to a 25-kw. G. E. generator for is a 25-ton traveling crane in the engine
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