. The street railway review . 4 feet long. Thelarge generator holds1,000 tubes, of 3 inchesdiameter, 12 feet long, which, if placed in a continuous line, would reach two anda half miles. The three boilers installed bj the Climax people areguaranteed to evaporate 60,000 pounds of water into drysteam under actual, not ideal, conditions. The 1,000-horse-power boiler weighs, when ready for service,181,000, and the smaller 131,000 pounds each. Thelarge boiler occupies 198 square feet of floor space, whilethe smaller ones require 130 feet each. This type ofboiler has been in service night and day fo
. The street railway review . 4 feet long. Thelarge generator holds1,000 tubes, of 3 inchesdiameter, 12 feet long, which, if placed in a continuous line, would reach two anda half miles. The three boilers installed bj the Climax people areguaranteed to evaporate 60,000 pounds of water into drysteam under actual, not ideal, conditions. The 1,000-horse-power boiler weighs, when ready for service,181,000, and the smaller 131,000 pounds each. Thelarge boiler occupies 198 square feet of floor space, whilethe smaller ones require 130 feet each. This type ofboiler has been in service night and day for eight years,and on the general market for five years. In street railway fields it has been particularly adapta-ble to trying conditions, and the number now in use instreet railway power stations may be taken as represen-tative of the future prospects of this BIGGEST BOILER IN THE WORLD. THE electric railway at Streator, 111., of whichWalker Miller is manager, has just been victori-ous in a damage suit, for the value of a horse,which was killed by a shock from a fallen wire whichcrossed the trolley wire. The facts in the case are sub-stantially as follows: On February 9, 1891, there was a great sleet storm, so thatthe wires of the CentralUnion Telephone Com-pany were nearlj allbroken down in the cityof Streator. The wiresof the Electric StreetRailway Company with-stood the storm and re-mained in perfect condi-tion. It was claimed bythe plaintiff that the wiresTelephone Company fellof the Union Centralacross the trolley wire ofthe electric railroad andsuspended to the eight oclock onthe morning of February20, the plaintiff, Godfrey,was driving his teamalong the street and camein contact with the wire,which he claimed wassuspended from the trol-ley wire to the horse was instantlykilled. The further evi-dence showed th
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