Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the American Street Railway Association (1897)
American Street Railway Association. Meeting · Chicago : Office of the Association · leaf 244
238 Twenty-fourth Annual Mcclii end, without the necessity of synchronizing the cranks.* Owing to the absence of battery and the small number of cars, the plant will be subjected to the most severe test possible. It is estimated that one generating unit will take care of the present maximum demand… … Natural gas fuel is entirely used in this territory, and at the present price and heat value will correspond with producer gas delivered at a cost of about two cents per thousand cubic feet. The economy in operating with natural gas is striking. In the old gas plant it is estimated that the cost of…
Electric railroads · Street-railroads · Transportation · Urban transportation
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