Identifier: streetrailwayrev09amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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material than at any time inits history, has begun the erection of a new building, :oo x 200ft. wliich will be temijorarily used as a machine shop, but is de-signed for the foundry department. The building is to be equippedwith new iron working tools. An extension of 100 ft. is also beingmade to the blacksmith shop and new machines will be installed. A150-I1. p. Cahall boiler has been installed, making the total boilerequipment of the blacksmith shop 300 h. p., and the total for theplant c)5o h. p. The old stable north of the plant has been removedto make room for storing lumber, car wheels, etc., and a new stableis being erected directly along the driveway leading into the plant.Two new electric locomotives, equipped with G. E. motors, willbe employed for shifting the material about the works. A newcrane car for loading and unlwiding heavy material has been con-structed in the shops: it is provided with friction clutches so thatthe motor not only drives the car but elevates the load.
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CONSTRUCTION AND EMERGENCY WAGONS, NEW ORLEANS CITY RY, REPORT OF MELBOURNE TRAMWAY CO. TRAMWAYS IN VERACRUZ. .■\t the recent annual meeting of the Ivlelbournc Tramway & Om-nibus Co., Ltd., of Melbourne, N. S. W.. the following report forthe year ending June 30, 1899, was made: Traffic receipts £389.428 Other receipts 10.344 Total receipts £ 399,772 Operating expenses 234,145 Earnings from operation £ 165.627 Interest, sinking fund, etc 124,882 Net income £ 40,745 Interim dividend :. 14,400 To surplus account £ 26,345 Balance from previous year 28,474 Total surplus account £ 54,819 The passengers carried were: By omnibus lines, 603,828, or 6,942more than last year; by tramway lines, 38,271,382, or 2,026,102 morethan last year; being a grand total of 38,875,210, or 2.033,044 morethan in 1898. The miles run were: By omnibuses, 280,687, or 2,726more than last year; by tramcars, 8,084,020, or 100,168 more than lastyear; or a total of 8,364,707, being 102,894 more than in 1898.

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