New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-02

AMERICANS To EQUIP THE MUNICIPAL
TRAAlWAY LINES
NATIONAL CONDUIT AND CABLE COMPANY
HAS BRITISH CONTRACTS WORTH
MORE THAN Sl5Oo0cO

MORE THAN sl5.O0coO
Another example Of American enterprise
abroad is furnished in the contract which the
National Conduit and Cable Company Of this
city has secured through its foreign branch in
London for supplying and laying the conduits
for conveying the cable for the Glasgow munich
ral tramways. TIE same company has secured
the contract for supplying the cable. This
means that practically the whole project Of
building tramways in Glasgow Will be under
taken ana tut through by Americans. The Ed
ward =. Als Company, Of Milwaukee. has Sc
cured the contract for the engines and the Gen
eral Electric Company has secured the contract
for all the electric fittings. Also, American
firm has received the order for the first thou
sand cars to be put into operation on the tram
ways. The citizens Of Glasgow and British
manufacturers in general have been considerably
exercised over the fact that Americans haya
secured the different contracts for furnishing
the tramWays. The whole affair will cost about
Si5VOOOOO If II were 4 private corporation
that was to operate the tramways there would
not be so much talk as such things have hap
pened before but that in the face Of the hottest
sort Of competition the Americans should win
out IN securing from the city Of Glasgow, pub
lie corporation. such an enormous lot Of con-
tracts has netted British manufacturers
The contracts were aN Narded by the Tramway
Committee of the Glasgow corporation. md
those made with the National Conduit and Gable
Company call for the delivery OF 100000 feet Of
conduit a week for six months. Already 100000
feet have been shipped. and the work Of laying
the pipe under American supervision has te-
gun. All the material Will BE- made at the COM
pany's works Hastings. y Y.
other contracts which the company has lately
completed or is now working on include the
Central London Railway London United Tram
ways. Bristol TramWay Company and the Shei-
field TramWay Company.
James T. McQuade treasurer Of the National
Gable and Conduit Company said Yesterday
that the company now has on hand British or
ders for more than 15oOOOVO feet of conduit,
and that it's works. which have a daily capacity
of $4,000 feet OF conduit. are running day and
night. The total value Of the pending British
orders Of the company aggregate about
SGOoOopO
I'm the face Of these big orders" said ,fr Nc
Quade I'VE are thankful that the recent iir' III
our shops at Hastings did not retard US more.
Although the fire stopped the work Of the cable
shops entirely for a time and also destroyed
large quantity OF completed cable. which was
coilcd ana packed ready for Shipment 10 Lon
don vet we managed 70 recover I'm short order
and 20 ahead just as fast as before. We are
inst finishing the work for the street railways
Of Dublin which was begun early in lN:'N. W"
have been subject 10 all sorts or NeNatlous ue-
laws there at the hands Of the city authorities.
Vet We laid 100000 feet Of pipe in that uine.
rho Glasgow ioh which is done for the munic-
paiit. itself will he finished oven FASTER IN
London tie excavating is all done by their Ens-
lish laborcrs. but We have twelve trained eng
rc,rs there L. superintend the job. and we iui
,icb botb cables and conduits. The European
electrical companies are finding that they caN"oO
compete with Americans