Identifier: streetrailwayrev12amer (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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now. The car was gotten under full headway andstopped short repeatedly, the brakes fulfilling every requirement.They were accorded the highest praise by the companys engineersas well as the laymen who watched the test. It is hoped that theexhibition will restore the confidence of the street railway patronsin the safety of the car service. NOTES FROM KANSAS CITY. The Metropolitan Street Railway Co of Kansas City has aboutcompleted the installation of machinery at the new Olive Streetstation from which power will be generated for the operation oflines in the south part of the city. The equipment comprises twoG. E. 750-kvv. rotary converters which will be used as direct cmrent generators until the new high tension power house is com-pleted. The machines are driven by a 2,000-h. p. engine, ropetransmission being used. The Metropolitans moderate investment in equipping a three-acre pond on its Northeast division with accommodations forhas resulted on many days in increasing the receipts by
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WORK* IF THE KEYSTONE CAR WHEEL CO. lias met with gratifying success in this line of work. Large ordershave been recently received from the street railways in Baltimore,Cleveland, Pittsburg and other prominent cities. The secretary of the company is Mr. John Howard Yardley whomaintains headquarters for the company in Philadelphia. Mr.Yardley was formerly connected with the New York Tar WheelWorks and also with the Penn Car Wheel Co., and is widelyknown in the street railway field. MAGNETIC BRAKES FOR AMSTERDAM. A serious accident, involving the wrecking of two electric carson the Market St line of the Amsterdam Street Railway <V reeently, led the management to m fid examination of the brake systems now employed for street railway service. As a re-f this in. brake ol the Standard Traction Brake < thorough tests under the most difficult conditions and in the most exacting service, itwas finally adopted for the entire system Car No. 15. one of thosewhich I nil and fitted with Stand

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