Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-16


an age when the worlds work Is being
done by young men this Is nothing I'M
usual in itself. but there is much that
| is unusual in the abilities which MI.
Ivers brings to his position. TO great
natural aptitude and business ability
is added an unfailing courtesy ana q
,lcan-cut. wholesome way OF looking
at things, which wins many friends.
His early training in street railway
| MANAGEMENT was in Massachusetts, IN
| der some of the hest men in the busl-
ness.
Probably few in the inspection party
had ever had the experience of riding
| in an electric car pushed by n steai1l
engine. From Webher pond to Cony
| HILL distance of about seven miles,
the driving locomotive was pressed in
10 service, the power wires not belns
| Installed between these points.
At Hallowell the sight was Il bit
| r,ournful, this. once the power station,
now being only transformer station
| .,Ithongh the machinery viii remain in
| 1iace as Il source of power i'll case OF
accident. The Fort Halifax power sta
ton ut Winslow is splendidly equipped
| mi some engineers shook their heads
', hen they observed the effect {" ms
.;rmner's drouth on tine size OF the Sc
l.asticook. While the failure Of the
source Of power might not occur once
"a 100 Years, yet to the eyes of the uli-
sophisticated layman, the retaining OF
the Hallowell power station equipment
| ..!is like good move.
The headquarters or the Lewiston
| iNausta Il Watervile system VIII be
az Lewiston, as formerly. b:3 car
| arm is located at this point, Win
we'll equipped repair shop and facilities
for doing about everything in the lihe
OF street railway work except TO luild
| cars.
Many persons who saw the Merry
meeting as it passed through the city
thought that it was one OF the new
cars While the new cars are not so
i.alatial in their appointments as the
Merrymecting, yet they are ABOUT lile
| slickest article i'll the street car Inc
that has ever been seen in Maine. lhey
are fitted with all the appliances and
| cuuipmenE that inventive SIKH mas
made. They are semi-convertable with
an observation platform in the rear. In
addition to the descrip tion given IN
| MONDAYS Journal, the following detalls
may not be out of place at this time.
The cars have smoking compartment
which will obviate the smoking on the
three rear seats nuisance. They are AZ
ct G inches long and the usual street
car width. They have a seating capacity
of As. They are Of the latest style, are
we'll lighted, well ventilated and in VIM
fer will be well heated. This last VIII
be accomplished by the use of not wa
ter heaters with a five-pound steam
rressure, coal being the fuel. Thus Il
n car becomes stalled out on the line,
with no power, it will not depend upon
electricity for heat. The motorman has
q compartment all to himself, the door
to which operates the steps.
The cars are painted with the com
luany's standard colors, creme yellow
It'll red trimmings. Eight of them Will
he eoupped ana six will be in use on
the line. running on an hour schedule,
making the trip from Winslow to Lew
iston in three hours. The fare schedule.
not vet announced, will be cheaper
than the steam railroad fare because
tile mileage is less
The interiors of the cars are finished
in natural wood. The cars are equipped
.iWith arm rests and window guards FOR
the comfort of the passengers. There
are a lot of straps for the convenience
of the Amalgamated Order of Strap
Hangers; but don't get them mixed
With the row of straps hanging i'll the
center of the car, for those are for the
convenience of the conductor and ring
in fares.
The cars are furnished with both air
and handbrakes. When trailer is
used. all the braking is done by the
n.ctorman on the platform of the for-
| ward car.
The destination signs are the Hunter
Illuminated signs, and are set by the
/ conductor from within the car, that Of
fetal not now being obliged to fish a
refractory outside sign into position
with pole.
The newest type of controller is used;
namely, the model l<S5c OF the General
Electric Co. The cars are furnished
| VI it'll the National airbrake.
| Prospective passengers will be inter-
ested to learn that pressed steel car
| wheels are to be used, the steel wheel
being much safer than cast IRON
Take it by far and large, the patrons
OF the Lewiston, Augusta & WatcrVille
Street Railway are assured of service
as good as the best service in the past
with many added conveniences and
comforts.