The street railway review (1891) (14780905473)

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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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ri St.cable line, at 40th street, four miles from the center of theeil\, it runs directly west on Madison street for four milesto I larlem avenue, which is the west line of Oak Parkand the dividing line between that suburb, River Forestand Harlem. Thence north on Harlem avenue to Lakestreet, east on Lake street, through the \iliages of Oak chises are seciued for extending the line west to the DesPlaines river and south to Wakiheim cemeterv along theeast bank of thi Des Plaines ri\-er. The liiu at present has Iight miles of double track. The belting, a most important matter in electric railwayservice, is furnisht-d b\- tlu Chas. Munson Helting Co.,and includes one 30 in. 100 ft. driving belt frcjm the en-gine to the line shaft, and two dynamo belts. I5y the use of two Beloit Wind Engine Cos. clutch pul-leys either or both dynamos may be disconnected withoutstopjiing the engine. The boiler room is madt complete by each boilei beingetpiijijKd with the Roney Mechanical stoker, which feeds
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Park, Ridgeland, Austin, l^inden Park and Moreland to4Sth street, thence south on 4Sth street to Madison, whichcompletes the loop. The road is laid with 60 lb. Johnson Girder rail andsteel chairs, and equipped b\- the Edison General ElectricCo. Twehe motor cars f.om the Pullman Co. are al-ready in service, each fitted with two 15 H.P. motors, andcarried on the McGuire double trucks, making as eas\- ariding car as any palace sleeper. The power house is lo-cated about the center of the system at Ridgeland, andcontains two 80,000 Watt Dynamos and one 250 H. P.Corliss, with three boilers, both furnished by the HamsonCo. The driving jiower will soon be doubled. Fran- ihe fuel automaticalh from a hopper, without opening tlielire door, which effects a great saving both in handlingand heat. The officers are: President, D. J. Kennedy, of OakPark; Vice President, Taylor A. Snow, of Austin; Treas-urer, George Eckhart, of Oak Park; Secretary, FrankE.liallard, and Superintendent, P. H. Quade, form