. The Street railway journal . the Kingston Light, Heat& Power Company, for the sum of $2 per car day of fourteen hours, extra carsbeing charged for at thesame rate. The railwayplant in this power stationconsists of one 200 K. one 100 K. \V. mul-tipolar generators, manu-factured by the Canadian(reneral Electric Com-jian). In this same stationare found an Edison three-wire lighting plant, fur-nishing current for about5,000 lamps and So to 100H. P. in motors; an alter-nating system of 2,000lights capacity used in theoutlying districts, and an arc lighting system of 160lights capacity. The
. The Street railway journal . the Kingston Light, Heat& Power Company, for the sum of $2 per car day of fourteen hours, extra carsbeing charged for at thesame rate. The railwayplant in this power stationconsists of one 200 K. one 100 K. \V. mul-tipolar generators, manu-factured by the Canadian(reneral Electric Com-jian). In this same stationare found an Edison three-wire lighting plant, fur-nishing current for about5,000 lamps and So to 100H. P. in motors; an alter-nating system of 2,000lights capacity used in theoutlying districts, and an arc lighting system of 160lights capacity. The entire plant was constructed bythe Canadian General Electric Company. The car house is 92 ft. x 100 ft., and will be soon ex-tended so as to be 92 ft. x 208 ft. A brick repair shopadjoins the car house, 30 ft. x 40 ft., and a stone black-smith and wood-working shop, 20 ft. x 60 ft. ard for future additions. Prill No. 2\ trucks areused on all except oj)en cars. The^wheels are 33 in. diameter, with 7-8 in. flange, and. IRA A BRECK. IRESmENT KIX(.;STON, ]ORTSMOUTHit C.\TARAQUI RAILWAY CO.
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