Identifier: streetrailwayjo141898newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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n. The voltage at the station does notvary more than 2 to 3 per cent under the extreme andsudden variations of load due to the exigencies of rail-way service, and shows a steadiness that would be re-garded as excellent in a lighting station. The storage battery was built and installed by the Elec-tric Storage Battery Company of Philadelphia. It is well to remember, however, that Glasgow boastsof a continuity of existence of over nine centuries. Wemay, therefore, safely place it within the limits of possi-bility that when our American cities survive a continuityof existence of over nine centuries, that they may be sofar advanced in methods and morals that they, too, maybe intrusted with additional power and responsibilities.—From Report of Committee on Municipal Ownershipof Street Railways, at Niagara Falls Convention, 1897. tion to the bridge terminal. During the last month theconnecting link between the elevated and bridge struc-tures was completed, and on May 18 the formal opening
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FIG. 3.—INTERiOR OF MOTOR CAR occurred. A special train, consisting of five regular carsand one motor car and carrying a number of invitedguests, was drawn over the bridge by electric power, sue- 386 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XIV. No- 7. cessfully and without delay. Afterward the party wastaken by a steam locomotive to Manhattan Beach, wherea fine banquet was served. Following the official tripregular operation of the trains on the Fifth Avenue linewas commenced across the bridge. As will be seen, the electrical equipment of the roadcomprises only a small part of its system. At present the

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