. The Street railway journal . o years wasin litigation with the old horse carcompany, which claimed ti) have a the city, but the change has only recently been company operated miles of track, laid withfifty-six pound T-rails. The latter are bonded with Chi-cago rail bonds, and the return circuit is made by No. 00track wires. The overhead construction is with woodenpoles and No. o hard drawn copper trolley wire with in-sulated feed wires, etc. The power station is in the form of an L, the generaldimensions of the main portion being 56 ft. x 107 ft., andof the L, 42 ft. X 80
. The Street railway journal . o years wasin litigation with the old horse carcompany, which claimed ti) have a the city, but the change has only recently been company operated miles of track, laid withfifty-six pound T-rails. The latter are bonded with Chi-cago rail bonds, and the return circuit is made by No. 00track wires. The overhead construction is with woodenpoles and No. o hard drawn copper trolley wire with in-sulated feed wires, etc. The power station is in the form of an L, the generaldimensions of the main portion being 56 ft. x 107 ft., andof the L, 42 ft. X 80 ft. It is built of brick on founda-tions of brick, stone and concrete. The chimney is ofbrick, 150 feet in height, and 6 ft. inside diameter, and islocated on the bank of the Assiniboin River. There aretwo boiler rooms 42 x 80 ft. and 27 1-2 x 56 ft., containingsix boilers of 120 H. P. each, with furnaces adapted forburning either wood or coal. The engine room 1556 ft. x80 f. The present plant consists of one 16 in. and 29
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