. The Street railway journal . give only as good service as the physical limitations ofthe present bridge allow, and must wait \\ith the public until and service, the board of dnxCturs some time ago com-menced the formulating of plans for tlie enlargement ofthe generating capacity, and these plans have now takena definite form, have been approved by the consulting en-gineer of the company, and are being rapidly put into exe-cution. The loss of some of the most useful aids to carry-ing some of the peak load, such as the Ridgewood PowerStation, could, however, not have been foreseen, and duringt
. The Street railway journal . give only as good service as the physical limitations ofthe present bridge allow, and must wait \\ith the public until and service, the board of dnxCturs some time ago com-menced the formulating of plans for tlie enlargement ofthe generating capacity, and these plans have now takena definite form, have been approved by the consulting en-gineer of the company, and are being rapidly put into exe-cution. The loss of some of the most useful aids to carry-ing some of the peak load, such as the Ridgewood PowerStation, could, however, not have been foreseen, and duringthe spring of this year, therefore, the power supply be-came so small that it was necessary fur us to return to theformer practice of steam operation on the elevated lail-ways. The immense crowds which liave l^een handledin our Coney Island, Bergen Beach and other excur-sion service this summer has necessarily maintainedthe undue pressure upon the power stations, workingI hem as stated largely above their nominal capacity, and. THE NEW EAST RIVER BRIDGE AS IT IS TO-DAY more tracks to Manhattan are afforded. The constructionof tunnels under the East River will further facilitate thedistribution of traffic, and as these improvements will bemade before the natural growth of the borough can haveincreased it proportionately, it is not too much to expectthat within a very few years the various lines of the sys-tem will be operating under the most favorable conditions,5!s far as possible congestion at termini is concerned. One of the greatest needs of the Brooklyn Heights Rail-road Company at the present time is an enlargement of thepower-generating facilities. The untoward demands onthe existing plants caused by the rapid growth of the city,the unfortunate fire which recently destroyed one of theimportant power stations, and the large increase in distantsuburban population has cut down the margin of reservepower to zero. It has been the unfortunate predicament,therefore, of the Brookl
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