. The street railway review . PLANT. by a direct connected engine, so that it may be operated at all timesindependently of all other machinery. From the outlet of the (an, connection is made to the variouspipes and ducts. Incidentally a pressure above the atmosphere is. C.\R BARN HEATED BY BLOWER maintained within the l^Milding, so that the leakage is outward,and the ingress of cold air at cracks and crevices is obviated. Thistype of apparatus is designed and built by the B. F. Sturtevant Co.,of Boston. and the car barn illustrated is one of a largenumber which have be
. The street railway review . PLANT. by a direct connected engine, so that it may be operated at all timesindependently of all other machinery. From the outlet of the (an, connection is made to the variouspipes and ducts. Incidentally a pressure above the atmosphere is. C.\R BARN HEATED BY BLOWER maintained within the l^Milding, so that the leakage is outward,and the ingress of cold air at cracks and crevices is obviated. Thistype of apparatus is designed and built by the B. F. Sturtevant Co.,of Boston. and the car barn illustrated is one of a largenumber which have been equipped by this company. A NEW ACETYLENE HEADLIGHT. .K lieu- headlight lor the use of acetylene has been tried experi-mentally on the Lafayette (Ind.) Street Ry. and has given mostgratifying results. In the ordinary acetylene headlight for use onlocomotives, the gas is made in a separate apparatus and storedin a small gasometer from which it is supplied to the lamp. Inthe new lamp, which is the joint invention of Supt. E. B. Gunn,of the railway company, and Mr. Labau Sparkes. the gas is gener- July is, 1899.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 485 atcd in a small reservoir similar to that of an oil lamp, and is madeonly as fast as it is consumed. The details of this apparatus wi
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