. The street railway review . s provided for, however, by a mechan-ical device, (see illustration), which was built at anexpense of $3,000. Mr. Rhomberg further states he isready and has at all times been anxious to settle withthe accummulator company, if they would furnish himacceptable guarantee to bear all the additional expenseover $ per cell per annum. So cells to the car. This beginning up to the ist of December, excepting a coupleof weeks when there was only one, and one electricianuntil after January i, 1892. These three electricianswere operating the plant; they were looking after
. The street railway review . s provided for, however, by a mechan-ical device, (see illustration), which was built at anexpense of $3,000. Mr. Rhomberg further states he isready and has at all times been anxious to settle withthe accummulator company, if they would furnish himacceptable guarantee to bear all the additional expenseover $ per cell per annum. So cells to the car. This beginning up to the ist of December, excepting a coupleof weeks when there was only one, and one electricianuntil after January i, 1892. These three electricianswere operating the plant; they were looking after thebatteries, of which they had full charge, and they hadlikewise entire control over the men that handled thebatteries, whereas during all this time we had nothingwhatever to do with the batteries. On my having noti-fied Mr. Griscom, president of the Accumulator Com-pany, that the batteries were giving way, he wrote andtelegraphed me that he would come at once. When Isaw him on his arrival at the Julien, I told him that the. THE SWITCHBOARD—DUBUQUE STORAGE BATTERY SYSTEM. was the figure named him as maximum when the systemwas installed. Mr. Rhomberg makes a full statement ofthe case in which is as follows: PRESIDENT RHOMBERGs STATEMENT. We commenced running the six cars on or about the29th of May, 1891, and to our knowledge the batterieshad already begun to give way at about the beginning ofJuly, of which I at once notified the Accumulator Com-pany. The Accumulator Company had, however, alreadybeen apprised of this by their superintendent, who washere at the time and who knew that the batteries weregiving out during the latter part of June, of which wewere not aware, nor were we informed to that Accumulator Company had three of their own elec-,tricians here to superintend the whole plant from the very storage battery system had already proved to be a he remarked that this was only a mishap and thatthe system would surely be a success in the end, that
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