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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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gulartank located in the basement. This tank is divided into two the oil is pumped into the two roof tanks by a 2-in. by i^-in. by 2;^4~i- Blake duplex oil pump, the lift being about40 ft. This head gives a very positive flow in the bearingsof the engine room machinery. The oiling arrangementswere designed by Mr. Eckerson. The system of electrical distribution is simple in thisplant, and when the station is completed the switchboardwill consist of twelve panels, including four generator, onetotalizing station panel and seven feeder panels. In addition to the power house construction the com-pany has recently enlarged its car houses and added sev-eral four-motor open cars to its list of rolling stock. At TT02 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL (Vol. XXTX. No. 25. this time of year the scliedules are maintained liy a mini-mum of ten cars, aljout t\vent\ cars hcing re(;inrc(l at timesof heavy travel. Cities tlie size of Pittslield seldom havea rush-hour traffic of much magnitude, Ijut in this case a
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of tile Boston & N(jrtlicrn sliows an attractive view of acool, rocky shore, a bay vvitli an island in the distance, all ona background of striking red. The Old Colony cover is adelightfully typical little country scene. The books are pub-lished for gratuitous distribution. CONNECTICUT TOURING CARS Among the innovations which theConsolidated Railway Company will in-stall this summer on its lines will be atourist car which will leave Waterburyevery Sunday at 8 a. m. for New Haven.After traveling over the local lines inNew Haven, the car will proceed toBridgeport, when a tour will be made ofthat city. The return trip will be madereaching Waterbury at about 9 oclockin the evening. All the places of in-terest along the route will be announcedto the passengers by a lecturer with amegaphone, after the fashion of thesight-seeing omnibuses or cars in opera-tion in all the large cities. ^♦^ LOOKING TUWAKI) THE IKJKIZOXTAL UNITS AND SWITCH i;()A KDIN THE PITTSFIELD STATION heavy ilow of t

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