. The street railway review . at success economically, thesmell was such that objection was raised and the practicehad to be stopped. Just now the Livet system of refuseburning is attracting attention here and in England. Theprinciple of Livets steam generator as it is called, isthat the size of the flues is gradually increased from thefurnace to the chimney. The object of this constructionis to give a high velocity to the air going through thefurnace bars, without losing a great amount of heat upthe chimney. The gases under this arrangement aregiven a constantly decreasing velocity as they tr
. The street railway review . at success economically, thesmell was such that objection was raised and the practicehad to be stopped. Just now the Livet system of refuseburning is attracting attention here and in England. Theprinciple of Livets steam generator as it is called, isthat the size of the flues is gradually increased from thefurnace to the chimney. The object of this constructionis to give a high velocity to the air going through thefurnace bars, without losing a great amount of heat upthe chimney. The gases under this arrangement aregiven a constantly decreasing velocity as they traveltoward the stack, owing to the increasing cross sectionof the passages. We present herewith a sketch of theboiler showing it in section. The fire is located as in aCornish boiler, in the space E. The gases pass to theback of the boiler and are conducted back and forththrough flues i, 2, 3 and 4, in the order named. Twoloo-horse-power furnaces have been running for sixmonths at Halifax, England, in an electric light ^\\„ pjwp^sssfwswfjwwrrrjrar! ■■ii-i-i.« SECTIONAL \IKW M RNACE AND BOILER. Nothing but rubbish is used in the furnace. It is statedthat the cost of one indicated horse-power per annum,using coal in that neighborhood, is $45) and with thisfurnace and the use of rubbish is $15. Our engravingrepresents the Halifax plant at night. A RACK railway is projected for the ascent of BenNevis, the famous Scotch mountain. The undertakingwill use $150,000 but it is expected that the tourists willthen number 20,000 per annum. The maximum gradientwill be I in 3 for 600 yards. The total length will beone mile. The Montreal (Canada), Park & Island Railway is nowcomplete to Sault au RecoUet. It was planned b}- theWilliams-Corriveau syndicate, which transferred itsfranchises to the present company. (^keciJ^oilM^j^ylcvv^ 243
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