The Street railway journal (1902) (14574879039)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo191902newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors:
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



Text Appearing Before Image:
w generators will be of March i, 1902.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 291 1500 kw capacity, and together with the one which it isproposed to move from the old to the new house, whichis of 1250 kw capacity, make the full complement for thenew house. These generators are all constructed by theGeneral Electric Company, of Schenectady, N. Y., whichwill also provide the new switchboard, etc. It is proposed to erect and put in operation under tem-porary housing a portion of this plant previous to the com-pletion of the building structure. Nearly all of the ma- Meeting: of the Executive Committee of the A. S. R. A. The executive committee of the American Street Rail-way Association held its first meeting since its electionat the Cadillac Hotel, Detroit, on Monday, Feb. 24, 1902.There were present the president, H. H. Vreeland; firstvice-president, Charles W. Wason; second vice-president,Elwin C. Foster; third vice-president, H. M. Sloan; secre-tary and treasurer, T. C. Penington, and the following
Text Appearing After Image:
GENERAL PLAN OF STEAM PIPING chinery has been delivered, and it is hoped that this canbe done within a very few months. The company ownssufficient land at the back of the station to enable theduplicating of the equipment in future, at the same timeusing the proposed stack, which will then be in the centerof the building. The general features and details of theplant, including foundations, superstructure and coalhandling, have been designed in the office of George B.Francis, chief engineer of the Rhode Island SuburbanRailway Company. ♦♦♦ The construction of the Kalgoorlie Electric Tramway,which is to connect Kalgoorlie and Boulder, Australia, hasbeen begun. All material to be used in building the line ison the ground, and the purpose is to rush the constructionwork. The company now has a car house under way, butwill not erect a power station, arrangements having beenmade with the Kalgoorlie Electric Lighting Corporation tosupply power. The Senate of New York has passed the Pennsy