Identifier: streetrailwayrev01amer (find matches)
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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e of themost prosperous in the state. The new road, which is a little less than six miles longwas opened recently and is running very successfully.The motors were furnished by the Westinghouse Com-pany and are of 20-horse-power each. The gears areencased and run in oil, which renders them practicallynoiseless. The ullicers of the company are T. F. Andrews, presi-dent; T. W. Adams, treasurer, and Charles II. Cobb,general manager. The road was opened July 25th, and a large numberof Chicago visitors who are interested in electric railwayswere present, and were royally entertained bj Mr. J. L.Barclay, manager of the Westinghouse Company of Chi-cago, and Mr. W. R. Mason, general manager of theElectric Merchandise Company. The road is fast devel-oping a profitable local business in addition to the transi-ent travel, and altogether is a system of which the citizensof the place may well feel proud. The postmaster and railway officials at Milwaukee donot favor the letter-box on the car system.
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CLl.MUING THE MOUNTAIN — NENEKSINK MOLNTAIN ELECTRIC RAILWAY. The cars are 16 feet in length and are as pretty as anythat have left the Pullman shops in a long time. Theyrun on the new McGuire truck and altogether make verypleasant riding. The track work was all done under con-tract with the well known builder, C. E. Loss, of Chicago,while the overhead work was furnished by the ElectricMerchandise Company of this city. The line extends tothe Riverside Hotel, one of the most beautiful spotsimaginable, and the travel has been so great it has beenfound necessary to order additional trailers to take careof the business. The power station is handsomely equip-ped and driven b)- a 90-horse-power Paine engine, andthe well known Ilazelton Tripod boilers. The WesternElectric Company, whose generators for railway purposesare proving so satisfactory, furnish the dynamo, which isan 80-horse-power. It is working perfectly and is givingthe best of satisfaction. As the electric is the first railway

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