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Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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nation a.c. and d.c. gen-erators, with the necessary step-up trans-formers. The substation is located atNewmarket, 27 miles from Toronto, andcontains two 150-kw Westinghouse ro-taries with necessary transformers. Theadditional power for the new extensionis obtained from a steam plant at Kes-wick, where two 150-kw GE generatorsare installed. The company is findingthis power equipment inadequate for itsgrowing needs, and in the near futurewill convert its steam plants into rotarysubstations, using Niagara power, whichwill be supplied from Toronto. PASSENGER BUSINESS The company operates 18 passengercars in winter and 20 in summer on this division, with spe-cials on Saturdays, Mondays and holidays. Illustrations arepresented of the combination passenger and baggage cars.The baggage compartment is used for carrying smallfreight, such as dogs, baby carriages and bicycles, for theflat rate of 25 cents any distance. During the winter thecompany operates passenger cars to Newmarket every hour
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Fig. 2.—Metropolitan Division, Toronto & York Radial Railway—Standard Passenger Car in the busy parts of the day, but the service to JacksonsPoint and Sutton is less frequent. In the summer, however,there is a great deal of pleasure travel to the companyspark at Bond Lake, and also to Morton Park and Jack-sons Point, which are popular fishing, boating and bathingresorts on Lake Simcoe. Bond Lake Park contains 200 acres, and, with its lake,forms an ideal place for excursionists who want the quiet July 3, 1909.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 7 of a natural grove. The boats and merry-go-round are op-erated by the company, and the refreshment stands, etc., bya single concessionaire. Special attention has been given todeveloping traffic for this park from Sunday school organ-izations and other large societies. The regular rate to indi-viduals is 65 cents, but when picnic organizations guaran-tee 200 or more attendants the rate is only 30 cents for atotal ride of 36 miles. THE FIELD FOR

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