. The street railway review . of the completest designs with circuitbreakers, lightning arresters and other safety overhead wire is of No. 2 hard drawn copper, hungfrom side poles. The bonding used is galvanized return is through the rail. Cars are solidly built of teak, mounted on moderntrucks, and carry one 20-horse-power motor each. They Leitzig tramways show a total income of $502,580,an increase over last year of $8,885. Expenses haddecreased $19,465. The system is in first-class condi-tion. It is said there are as many horses still employed inhauling street cars i
. The street railway review . of the completest designs with circuitbreakers, lightning arresters and other safety overhead wire is of No. 2 hard drawn copper, hungfrom side poles. The bonding used is galvanized return is through the rail. Cars are solidly built of teak, mounted on moderntrucks, and carry one 20-horse-power motor each. They Leitzig tramways show a total income of $502,580,an increase over last year of $8,885. Expenses haddecreased $19,465. The system is in first-class condi-tion. It is said there are as many horses still employed inhauling street cars in the city of New York as wouldequip the entire English cavalry. But just imagine whata fierce charge these fiery streeters would make! ^kcd/9\ailwayli^A/ieW 555 ECLIPSE EXHAUST PIPE HEAD. THE Eclipse exhaust pipe head, just put on themarket by the New York Exhaust & BlowPipe Company, is designed on a very rationalbasis as will be seen from the engraving. The exhauststeam as it enters the head is carried near the top and. then discharged horizontally around the head giving it acentrifugal motion and allowing the dry steam to escapethrough the center of the top. MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT IN CANADA. THE signal defeat of the attempt of the Vancouver,B. C, city council to obtain control of the streetrailway system of that town has been the text ofseveral sermons preached in the editorial columns of theCanadian press. It may be stated that Canadian muni-cipal relations are largely governed by the British customs,mixed in small degree by the infiltration of Americanideas. The English method of municipalizing the intra-mural transportation facilities has been vigorously con-tended for by the press and as vigorously antagonized bythe popular vote. The result is generally a compromiseon a 50-year franchise with a purchase clause. Where-ever the question has been approached one certain andfatal objection has met the defenders of the strong fear that the avera
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