Evening journal., 1896-08-15
BUILDING The TROLLEY.
Work on the New Castle
Wilmington Railway Begins.
GONE CONTRACTS FOR MATERIAL

Have Already Been Awarded and
Others, suoh as Those for supply Ing
tho Rolling stock. VIII BE Given out
soon-Ths Power House aud Oar Barn
Work has about begun on the New
Castle Wilmington electric railway,
which Is 10 satisfy a long consuming
desire on the part OF New Castle people
TO get TO Wilmington at all times Of the
day ard night aud of Wilmington people
to get ut the finest river front Ia the
East.
All the preliminary work Of construc'
ton will DO commenced from the other
end, but this work OF track-layinR will
be only part OF the encouraging enter
prize. Civil Engineer Wagner left for
his homo at Pottstown, Pa Yesterday,
but will return again next Tuesday and
Look after the building OF the company's
plant at New Castle
Power-house and Car barn.
The new buildings TO be erected In
connection with power-house and car
barn will be located on Magistrate
Janvier's donated ground. and will cover
Just one acre They will conslst OF a
oowsr-house Fl ted with all the improved
machinery now In use In modern elec
trical engineering, workshop, car barn
and an cfiice The car barn will be 100
feet long and 60 feet Wide, knd will be
bnllt Of brick and slag roof. The
power houfe proper will be constructed
NJ the above material aud same roofing
1t will be 100 by go feet The ofiios
aud workshop will be in one apartment
building, also OF brick
some Of tho Material
All lumber required for buildlng and
all sleepers for road bed will bo furnished
by T. II Armstrong of MiCdletoWn.
The latest improvements In rolling
stock are being solicited. only cars con
tanning the latest patent and appliances
beinR desired The enclosed winter cars
will b vestibuled and be heated By mod
era high power electric radlk ktors.
The motive power will probsbly be con
troled by the new push button system
inst Dad OF the oumbereome crank appl-
anees now In general uss The interior
furnishings OF the cars will be made up
Of three woods--ssn, osl and birds-eye
msple panels.
Improved Vestibulc Cars
Seats IN the vestlbule cars will be OF
the finest cane, and Of the opan summer
cars longitudinal strips OF ASH and wal
nut These seats will be guSrdsd on the
danger side OF the car b. AN idjustsble
guard rail OF polished brass Heavy
striped duck curtains will be the pro-
.eotlon from incemsnt weather.
Bidding for the Rolling stock.
There will bs twenty cars TO 60 on the
new road for the frst few busy days Of
It's operation. The open cars will con
taiu ten rows Of seats The vsstibule
cars will be twenty ie.t long, inside msas
uremens These car works are bidding
for the shove mentioned rolling stock:
Lamokin Car Company, s.. Louis Car
Company, Lacleds Car O5mpany. OF st
Louis, No. j Brill & o., Of Pniladel
phis American Company, OF st Louis
and the jackson aud Sharp Company, Of
WILMINGTON. The bids have been acted
upon for motors and generators and these
we're awarded at the Phi' hi'adelphIa cfIice
Of the company TO day.
New Castle People Patronizsd.
All bricks used In the construction OF
bulldogs will be furl ished by A r
Lupton, Of New Castle, whose steam
manuiactory nov has a cspacity Of %, 600
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