. The street railway review . say 6 by 9 inches. In our own fieldthere are almost as many sizes as there are catalogs. Manyof these publications contain much valuable referencematter in the way of tables and rules, and really aredeserving of a place on the office book shelf. A morenearly uniform size would help insure a permanent place,instead of being thrown on a table or shelf to be coveredup and forgotten. The Berlin Iron Bridge Company, of East Berlin,Conn., is putting up the new plant for the WorcesterTraction Company, at Worces-ter, Mass., which will consist ofa power house 89 feet wide
. The street railway review . say 6 by 9 inches. In our own fieldthere are almost as many sizes as there are catalogs. Manyof these publications contain much valuable referencematter in the way of tables and rules, and really aredeserving of a place on the office book shelf. A morenearly uniform size would help insure a permanent place,instead of being thrown on a table or shelf to be coveredup and forgotten. The Berlin Iron Bridge Company, of East Berlin,Conn., is putting up the new plant for the WorcesterTraction Company, at Worces-ter, Mass., which will consist ofa power house 89 feet wide and1x6 feet long, and a car shed95 feet wide and 290 feet construction will be of ironand brick and will be fire same company have alsoreceived the contract for thenew power station for the At-lantic Improvement Company,of Astoria, Long Island. Therewill be two buildings, a boilerhouse 62 feet wide and 85 feet long, with a dynamoroom 70 feet wide and 130 feet long, the latter providedwith a traveling BRIM FULL OF DISCOMFORT. B. M. Barr, of Cleveland, O., has recently becomedistrict representative of the Eddy Electric Manufactur-ing Compan}. Mr. Barrs long connection with the Edi-son Manufacturing Company and his retention withGeneral Electric Company on account of his businessability, have given him a large acquaintance in electricalcircles and his new position will no doubt be as creditablyfilled as were his former business connections. Withinthe last month he has closed a number of orders, amongthem one 2,000-light plant complete, together with power,for the Cleveland Opera House; one 1,000-light machine,one 65 kilowatt direct connected dynamo and severalsmaller lighting plants, besides a number of motors vary-ing from 5 to 15-horse-power, aggregating 400-horse-power. The International Register Company, of Chicago,report business in their fare register very brisk. Con-tracts have been made during the past month for theequipment of the following road
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