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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
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t.square and the piers 2 ft. square. The roof, which wasin place before the completion of the walls, is composed January 2, 1909.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. of 4-in. concrete slabs reinforced with plain round rodsand laid over two 20-in., 65-lb. I-beams. Instead of acrane, each station has a 15-in., 42-lb. I-beam track, whichcarries an 8-ton Brown hoist and Yale & Towne triplexblock. PASSENGER ROLLING STOCK All passenger service is now cared for by six double-end Kuhlman cars, 56 ft. over all, each equipped withpassenger and smoking compartments. The cross seats inthe coach section are of Brill Winner rattan, whilelongitudinal seats are used in the smoker to make roomfor trunks and other baggage. Both compartments havepackage racks. The trucks are of Brill No. 27 design,carrying four No. 112 Westinghouse 75-hp motors usedwith L-4 controllers; Westinghouse straight air brakescomplete the power equipment. Among the other equip-ment features may be noted the following: Wilson trolley
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Brantford & Hamilton Electric Railway—Electrically-Operated Shovel Carried on Single Truck catchers, Crouse-Hinds headlights, Q & C steps, Con-solidated electric heaters and Curtain Supply Companyswindow fixtures. The ventilator sash is wired glass. Itwill be seen from the foregoing that these cars are prop-erly equipped with many essentials for high-class inter-urban service. Their approximate weight without passen-gers is 72,000 lb. each. PASSENGER BUSINESS The cities of Hamilton and Brantford have populationsrespectively estimated at 65,000 and 20,000, while the richfarming country between has only about 3000. The elec-tric railway already has taken practically all the old steamrailroad passengers, and through its hourly service natu-rally has created other traffic. The schedule on all its linesentering Hamilton includes a theater train, which bringsthe patrons to the terminal and gives them a covered walkto a nearby theater controlled by the railway interests The fares o

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