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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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erages about one cent perlamp hour, a discount of twenty-five per cent being allowed for pay-ment of bills within fourteen days.It also makes contracts with con-sumers, when desired, at $8.00 persixteen candle power lamp perannum, the users paying for theirown lamps, and being privileged touse the current night and day.About 10,000 lights are installed onthis basis. The company also oper-ates 229 horse power in motors. The firm was not, however, con-tented with its achievements inelectric lighting fields, and early inthe history of successful electric railroading, made arrangementswith the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, ofPittsburgh, to handle its apparatus in Canada. That the firmhas been remarkably successful in this line is shown by thefollowing list of contracts for electric railway plants installedwithin the last two years. Cities. Montreal St. John, N. B Ottawa Toronto Peterboro Gen- Motors. Cars. Snow erators. Sweepers 108 20 3 2 20 10 6 120 52 5 120 2 7 2 1
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WORKS -i •• » a § i I ■ OF THE OTTAWA PORCELAIN & CARBON COMPANY. Gait 1 5 2 Hamilton 2 6t Hamilton, Grimsby & Beamsville Ry. 2 6 11 Winnipeg 12 4 London 2 Montreal Park & Island 6 The street railway system of Ottawa was also purchasedand is now controlled by Ahearn & Soper, and its electric equip-ment has been carried out under their supervision. October, 1895. THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL SOUVENIR. 89 But railway operation even, has not satisfied the insatiateambition of this enterprising firm, for within the last two orthree years they have commenced the manufacture of practicallyeverything pertaining to the rolling stock and power stationequipment of electric railways, together with many suppliesused in electric lighting. The firm is, under its own name, manu-facturing dynamos and motors, with accessory appliances. Itowns a large interest in the Ottawa Car Company, which buildssome of the finest street cars turned out of Canadian factories,and it also control

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