. The street railway review . railway service. The Lincoln Street Railway Company, Lincoln, Neb.,have placed their second order with the engine works a large night forcfe by electric lights to keep up with thedemands of the trade for early delivery for their popularselling sizes. Mr. W. J. Hobson, of St. Joseph, Mo., who bought oneof the 150-horse-power Sioux City Corliss for his Wyan-dott Park Electric Railway plant two years ago, hasrecently placed an order with them for two of the 150horse-power compound condensing Corliss engines, alsofor two 125-horse-power Stirling water tube boilers, fo
. The street railway review . railway service. The Lincoln Street Railway Company, Lincoln, Neb.,have placed their second order with the engine works a large night forcfe by electric lights to keep up with thedemands of the trade for early delivery for their popularselling sizes. Mr. W. J. Hobson, of St. Joseph, Mo., who bought oneof the 150-horse-power Sioux City Corliss for his Wyan-dott Park Electric Railway plant two years ago, hasrecently placed an order with them for two of the 150horse-power compound condensing Corliss engines, alsofor two 125-horse-power Stirling water tube boilers, forwhich this company is the western representative. Thisequipment is for Mr. Hobsons Electric Railway Light-ing plant now in process of construction at Waco, addition to these sales, the engine works have veryrecently taken some large orders for some of the mostprominent manufacturing establishments in Illinois. We hope at some future date to give our readers adescriptive article of their compound condensing Corliss,. THE SIOUX CITY COR LIS for a larger engine, on the results shown bv the use oftheir first engine for one year, which has attained a recordwithin 3 per cent variation for railway work, and whichhas not been surpassed by any authentic records yet pub-lished. As the cut shows, this engine has a decidedadvantage over many others for beauty of design. Theappreciation being shown by the trade for this type ofengine, , as it does, so many valuable featuresto electric lighting and the railvva\ trade, goes plainlyto show that it has a bright and prosperous recordbefore it. The large new works recently built by this companjare thoroughly equipped with the very best of first class,modern tools, besides some .special tools of their owndesign and manufacture, adapted to this work. Theyhave built up a business which now requires a productionof from 80 to 100 engines per year, having over 100horse-power each. At present they are obliged to work together with e
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