. The street railway review . ncy of the same name,which is one of the three of British India. This presidencycontains 21 districts and a population of 25,000,000. Thecity of Madras is 870 miles southwest of Calcutta, andthe introduction of the electric road will be one of thegreatest innovations ever attempted in that East Indiametropolis. of the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company,o,n Tuesday, said that, with regard to the motive power,the seen no reason to make any stated that Manchester did not want the unsightlysteam cars of Bradford and Leeds, and as to elect
. The street railway review . ncy of the same name,which is one of the three of British India. This presidencycontains 21 districts and a population of 25,000,000. Thecity of Madras is 870 miles southwest of Calcutta, andthe introduction of the electric road will be one of thegreatest innovations ever attempted in that East Indiametropolis. of the Manchester Carriage and Tramways Company,o,n Tuesday, said that, with regard to the motive power,the seen no reason to make any stated that Manchester did not want the unsightlysteam cars of Bradford and Leeds, and as to electricpower, they had no evidence yet it was likely to directors would, however, seek to pursue a policywhich, while safe, vias progressive. A lamentable ignorance of electric railway practice isnoticeable in all English technical papers, so that it is nowonder that the lay brethren are so far away from thefold. ^^ Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, is re-elected for a thirdterm. He has become well known, principally as SOUTH END OF BOILER WHIClf BLEW ACROSS THE STREET. The Madras Electric Railway has acquired a site forthe erection of a power house and car barns. The latterwill hold 30 cars and be fitted as a light repair sets of Tangye compound, non-condensing enginesof 180 nominal horse-power will drive four Elwell-Parkerdynamos, with an output of 240 amperes at 500 Babcock & Wilcox boilers will grace the boiler roomand Berryman heaters, pumps, filters, purifiers, and allsmaller adjuncts will add to the modernness of the plant. Our British cousins do not really grasp the electric rail-way ideas, as the following from the Electrical Engineerwill show: Mr. Aid. King, addressing the shareholders VIEW OF WRECK SHOWING LOCATION OF BOILER. DEATH FROM A BURSTING BOILER. ANOTHER fatal accident to be recorded this month,occurred in New York City, November 2, theboiler in the stables of the Dry Dock, East Broad-way & Battery barn, at Fourteenth street and A
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