ALONG THE TROLLEY LIKE.
Electrical experiments are about to be aiade on a large scale in the suburbs of London to haul heavy freight bv elect rie towage. 'Hie overhead trolley system is to be used. The si'"'restion has been made in lloiien trolky wires in the streets shall be .subject to use. by the lire department. 'The idea is that pumps capable of "being electricallydriven shall e installed in a number of suitable positions, to be switched on to the trolley wires as occasion re-
qiuires. The most expensive trolley car ever designed is about to be built in West Philadelphia for a trolley line syndicate- in Ohio to cost $15,000, fitted up as a sleeper and dining-car, with sofa beds, sleeping berths, plate glass flooring, sheet metal siding, pneumatic ->o:igs, whistles and sand boxes, bathroom with tile floor, tea and coffee urns, electric heaters, folding washstands, disappearing ice boxes,'food refrigerators, disappearii g tool boxes and controllers, patent emetric headlights fitted with interchangeable glass for danger signals, electricity, gas, hot and cold water.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3592, 31 October 1905, Page 4
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174ALONG THE TROLLEY LIKE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3592, 31 October 1905, Page 4
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