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Identifier: streetrailwayjo121896newy (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.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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104 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol XII. No. i. THE COLOMBIA Magazine Cast Iron ^Jmm street Car Heater. The only PRACTICAL, RELIABLE, ECONOMICAL;HEATER. Careful tests lastWinter show thatElectric HeatingCost NINE (9)Times as much asStoves. Can youafford it ? Do not cut normutilate the car orseats. Supported abovethe seat, but nottouching it. Cool exterior,does not burn theseat, nor makepassengers in con-tact with it uncom-fortable. Can be set up orremoved in ten min-utes. Can be set onfloor of cross-seatcar.
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Self-feeder, re-quiring no atten-tion from conductorfor twelve hours. Economical,costs 10 cts. perday to heat a 20foot car in coldweather. Handsome ap-pearance, nickelplated frame, andhard wood finish. Cast iron stove,will not burn out. Clean, no dirtashes, nor coal,except that carriedin the magazine. Over 1600 inuse in ELECTRICand Cable Cars. ai. K. BOWEN, Office of CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY CO., Superintendent. 2020 STATE STREET. TESTS ON HEATING CARS, CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY. Cliicago, July 6, rSgj. During last severe winter 76 motor cars with anthracite-coal stoves of magazine or self-feeding pattern, and 10 motor cars with 2 types ofelectric heaters were operated. Cars 21 feet long,.with no vestibule. Back and front doors opened occasionally in actual service. Tests weremade for heating cars to 35 F. above outside temperature. Hard coal delivered to barns cost $5.35 per ton. Stove consumed ij^ pounds per hour. Coal delivered at power station at $1.40 per ton. Electric heaters consumed 6.

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  • bookid:streetrailwayjo121896newy
  • bookyear:1884
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • booksubject:Street_railroads
  • booksubject:Electric_railroads
  • booksubject:Transportation
  • bookpublisher:New_York___McGraw_Pub__Co_
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:983
  • bookcollection:smithsonian
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