. The street railway review . ^ acres of ground, the. ELECTRIC FIRE ENGINE. various buildings covering about 5 acres. Many electricaldevices are in use, among them an electric fire engine,built in regular style, except that the pumps are operatedby electricity. It is capable of throwing a i-inch stream ofwater 80 feet high, or two such streams about 65 is obtained by coupling to plug contacts built iniron columns, which resemble hydrants. The illustrationis from the Electrician, London. SOWING OATS. An amusing story is told in connection with thewonderful traction performances of
. The street railway review . ^ acres of ground, the. ELECTRIC FIRE ENGINE. various buildings covering about 5 acres. Many electricaldevices are in use, among them an electric fire engine,built in regular style, except that the pumps are operatedby electricity. It is capable of throwing a i-inch stream ofwater 80 feet high, or two such streams about 65 is obtained by coupling to plug contacts built iniron columns, which resemble hydrants. The illustrationis from the Electrician, London. SOWING OATS. An amusing story is told in connection with thewonderful traction performances of the big electriclocomotive in the B. & O. tunnel at Baltimore, whichhas not received the publicity that some of its otherperformances have. The electric locomotive has per-sistently insisted on pulling any load the B. & O. offi-cials have seen fit to put upon it, and the limit of thetrains it can pull seems to be governed more by thestrength of the rolling stock than by the power of thelocomotive. One day a tremendous load was attachedand wa
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