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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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the Canadian General Electric Company, which furnishample power for running all the companys cars exceptthose on the Oueenston grade, which are operated fromanother power station presently to be described. Provision is made in the entire water power plant forthe development of 5,000 H. P., so that the only ad-ditions necessary are the vertical draft tubes, gates, gear-ing and wheels. The cost of this power is wonderfullylow. If the whole 5,000 H. P. could be utilized, theactual running expenses for lalior, oil, waste and intereston the plant would be hardly $1 per H. P., and underpresent conditions it is less than $2.50 per H. P. which are well equipped for the moderate amountof re)^air work so far found necessary on this road.The repair shcjp force consists oi only four men, one
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