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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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nd short-cir-cuiting it, the sparks igniting oil about the machine. This station supplied power for about 20 of most heavilytraveled lines cast of the Schuylkill river, and the accidentcaused a tie-up that has been unequalled in extent since thestrike, but it was temporary only. No sooner was theaccident known than all the available men were put at workmaking the necessary connections for supplying the deadlines with current from the other power houses, and by 10p. m. all of the cars were able to move. The followingmorning cars were running on all lines, though on slightlygreater headway thati usual. President Welsh and hisassistants made every effort to save patrons from inconven-ience and was eminentlv successful in rapidly gettting thelines into working order. The work of cleaning up the rubbish was begun as soonas the fire was extinguished. The switches and instrumentson the upper part of the switchboard were ruined but theframe work was for the most part uninjured, and the follow
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INTERIOR OF ENGINE ROOM—UNION TRACTION COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. ing day men were busy installing new instruments niduiiti-il cm trouble and time spent in going. Among the papers to be temporary supports so that the station might be used (or dis- read the following appear in tributing the power generated at the other stations. The the program. walls are not badly damaged and it will not be necessary to ., j,^^^ ^^^^^ ,^ j.,^^,^i^ Accounts. H. L. Wilson. rebuild them in the event that the company restores the sta- Auditor West End Street Railroad, Boston, tion. Whether it will do so has not yet been decided. ,.•,,..■ ■ ■ . • 1 . . • r .1 Useful and Useless Classifications. E. L), Hibbs. Our dlustrations show mterior and exterior views of the . ,. ^ ,.,,„._ Auditor Consolidated I raction Company, Jersey City.power bouse as it appeared the morning after the fire. >.^ Suggestions for a Standard System of Accounts; Classification of ^„ . .....r . ..^^ »»» -w.wr- TT^T^.

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