. The street railway review . l method of taking upthe slack in the cables. The steam plant consists of six hor-izontal tubular boilers set in three sep-arate batteries, aggregating 900 horsepower, with connections for waterheater and Knowles, steam ]nimp. Ihesteam piping is all laid under theengine room floor. The boiler houseis roomy, with large doorways openingon Gilmore street in front, and Parrishalley in the rear. Space has been leftfor an additional battery of boilers, ifit should be required hereafter. Spen-cers automatic dampers are attachedto each batterv. The stack is 125 feethigh.
. The street railway review . l method of taking upthe slack in the cables. The steam plant consists of six hor-izontal tubular boilers set in three sep-arate batteries, aggregating 900 horsepower, with connections for waterheater and Knowles, steam ]nimp. Ihesteam piping is all laid under theengine room floor. The boiler houseis roomy, with large doorways openingon Gilmore street in front, and Parrishalley in the rear. Space has been leftfor an additional battery of boilers, ifit should be required hereafter. Spen-cers automatic dampers are attachedto each batterv. The stack is 125 feethigh. Thirt\- new cars are in service on theine. Fourteen are heav^- double truckcombination grip and passenger cars,with a seating capacitor of 34, similarto those now in use, while the othersare open grip cars, smokers and trail-ers, seating 28. They are run in trainsof grip car and three trailers and single grip and pass-enger cars, at intervals of about three minutes. Thecars are all painted a Tuscan red, with silver INTERIOR IOWER HOCSE—ISVLTIMORE TRACTION CO. and are clean and neat. The double truck cars aremade by Brownell Car Company, St. Louis, and Paca and Fayette streets, these cars are transferredto the old route and run down to the centre of the 518
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