. The Street railway journal . little increase in labor, together with the superiorefficiency of the new unit, has brought the cost of current downconsiderably lower than it was before. The following state-ment for August, 1904, was before the new unit was installed,and the second statement is for January, 1905 : AUGUST, 1904 Total generated output kw-hours 609,210 Total gas used, cubic ft 29,256,300 Cost of gas used $2, 208 gallons cylinder oil at 49^ cents 248 gallons engine oil at 18 cents 250 lbs. waste at 5^4 cents Repairs and supplies Pay roll . The
. The Street railway journal . little increase in labor, together with the superiorefficiency of the new unit, has brought the cost of current downconsiderably lower than it was before. The following state-ment for August, 1904, was before the new unit was installed,and the second statement is for January, 1905 : AUGUST, 1904 Total generated output kw-hours 609,210 Total gas used, cubic ft 29,256,300 Cost of gas used $2, 208 gallons cylinder oil at 49^ cents 248 gallons engine oil at 18 cents 250 lbs. waste at 5^4 cents Repairs and supplies Pay roll . The preliminary jilans for the carhouse and repair shop were given in our issue of Aug. i, and interior views of the building are shown here-with. It is designed to take care of both the city and inter-. Total $3,014,22 Cost per kw-hour ,00494 JANUARY, 1905 Total generated output kw-hours 586,504 Total cost of gas used (21,020,000 cu. ft.) $1, 260 gals, cylinder oil, at 44 cents 118 gals, engine oil, at 18 cents 203 lbs. waste, at 5K cents 100 lbs. rags, at 3 cents Repairs and supplies 53-98 ARRANGEMENT OF DESPATCHERS TELEPHONE BOARD urban cars. The wing at the right contains the sub-station,stock room, lounging room, lockers and bath for employees andoffices of master mechanic and superintendent. The repairshop is on the right and the car house on the left. The repair shop is divided about the center with a brick walland fireproof doors, and the front portion has three pits forpit work and a wash rack for car cleaning. In the repair shop April 15, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 699 section is a transfer table connecting threetracks. In one of these tracks is a 75-ft. pit,on either side of which are 2-ton Garry Iron &Steel Companys pneumatic air lifts
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