History of the West End Street Railway Boston Hard Cover 1891

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History of the West End Street Railway Boston Hard Cover 1891
History of the West End Street Railway
Hard Cover  296 pages
Copyright 1891
First ad page missing, next page is mostly loose.
Sketches of the early street railways of Boston - Consoldiation of the various Lines - foreign street railways - the Berlin Viasuct - Anecdotes,advertisements, etc.
CONTENTS.
HISTORICAL FACTS.PAGE
STREET RAILWAYS.-9
CONSOLIDATION.14
IN THE LEGISLATURE.-31
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT HENRY M. WHITNEY, OF THE WEST END
STREET RAILWAY.--32
ADDRESS BY PRENTISS CUMMINGS, ESQ.-56
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT HENRY M. WHITNEY, BEFORE THE CENTRAL
CLUB OF SOMERVILLE, MASS.--68
POWER HOUSES OF THE WEST END STREET RAILWAY,8o
SOURCES OF SUPPLY.97
LINE EQUIPMENT.-116
RAPID. TRANSIT - SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM.-I 21
FOREIGN RAILWAYS - EQUIPMENT OF FOREIGN ROADS.133
SAFETY OF THE ELECTRICAL. SYSTEM.141
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE WEST END STREET RAILWAY.156
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, AND DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE
WEST END STREET RAILWAY. -157
STREET RAILWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
View of Copley Square and Brookline & Brighton Electric Car.
View of Blackstone Square and Electric Car.
View of West End Eight-wheel Electric Car.
View of Temporary Dynamo Room No. r, Central Power Station.
View of Temporary Dynamo Room No. 2, Central Power Station.
View of "Double-Decker."
View of the interior of " Double-Decker."
View of Roof Trusses and Traveling Cranes of th e Central Power Station while
under construction by the Boston Bridge Works.
View of the Babcock & Wilcox Co. Boilers in the Central Power Station.
View of Permanent Engine Room of Central Power Station showing two of
the Reynolds-Corliss Engines made by the Edward P. Allis Co.
View of the "84 Coupling," made by the Hill Clutch Works.
View of Permanent Dynamo Room Central Power Station.
View of Roof Trusses, Traveling Cranes and Dynamo Floor of the East
Cambridge Power Station while under construction by the Boston
Bridge Works.
View of Car made by J. M. Jones' Sons.
View of Tripp Loose Wheel Electric Truck No. ri.
View of Grove Hall Electric Car made by the Newburyport Car Manufac-
turing Co.
View of the Eickemeyer-Field Motor.
View of the Grove Hall Car House.
View of Babcock & Wilcox Co. Boiler in the Central Power Station.
Map of the Tunnel Plan of the West End Street Railway.
View of the Babcock & Wilcox Co. Boilers in the East Cambridge Power
Station.
View of Babcock & Wilcox Co. Boiler in the East Cambridge Power Station.
View of Cambridge St. Bridge and Cambridge Electric Cars.
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS AND DESCRIPTIVE ARTICLES.
PAGE
Abbot-Downing co.
A
front Alexander, Barney & Chapin .... 109, 267
Allis Co., The Edw. P 86, 225
American Bolt Co  110, 167
American Circular Loom Co 171
American Electrical Works 285
American Loan & Trust Co 112, 183
American Steel Wheel Co 104, 271
American Tool & Machine Co 112, 239
Anderson, A. & J. M 109, 161
Archibald Wheel
CO
97, 219
Babcock & Co., John .... 105, and G back Babcock & Wilcox Co., The .... 83, 259, 261
Bay State Brick Co 106, and E backBelden Mica Mining Co., The F. E. . .. 239
Bellows & Manson 203
Bemis Car Box Co 109, 278
_Berry & Ferguson  197
Bigelow & Dowse 241
Birtwell & Co.. Joseph
F
back
Boston Belting Co 245
Boston Bridge Works 82, 85, 211
Boston Furnace Co 110, 159
Boston Lead Mfg. Co 223
Borne, Scrymser &
Co
243
Bowd itch, G. M 171
Bradlee, Hastings & Co 221
Brown, McClure & Wales 295
Burnham & Co., L. G 173
Burton & Co., A. & E 105, 249
Carberry, W. H 229
Carpenter, Woodward & Morton 275
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co 101, 296
Consolidated Electric Mfg. Co . E back
Crafts' Sons, Henry 195
Cud dihy, J. J 231
Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co 185
Derby & Kilmer Desk Co
A
front
Dingee & Co., M. II 243
Dodge, Haley & Co 173
Dorner & Dutton  104, 209
Downes, George E 195
Eastern Electric Cable Co 189
Edison General Electric Co . (opposite title) 4
Eddy, C. F.& G. W 195Eickemeyer & Osterheld Mfg. Co.. 112, 277
Electric Gas Lighting Co., The ......  265
Electric Merchandise Co 215, 279
Evans & Co.,
D
107, 219
Fairbanks Co., The   193Falls Rivet & Machine Co., The .. 104, 256
Ferdinand,
L.
W   275
Fitchburg Railroad 291
Frost & Adams 281
Fuller, Seth W.  175
Fuller, Dana & Fitz ,183
Gould & Watson Co., The 269
Granular Metal Co 219
Gray, Peter  289
Groom & Co., Thomas 201
Harrington & Robinson 245
Haskins Wood Vulcanizing Co., The 110, 187
Hill, Clarke & Co 197
Hill Clutch Works 89, 257
Hobbs & Co., Samuel 203
Hodges, Gilbert 181
PAGE
Hollingsworth, George H 217
Hosmer, Robinson & Co 193
Houdlette & Co., Fred A 287
Huckins & Co., P. S 199
Interior Conduit & Insulation Co 237
Ireson, C. L 93, 179
Jeffrey Mfg. Co., The 249
Johns Mfg. Co., H. W 285
Jones' Sons, J. M 98, 253
Jordan & Christie 110, 177
Keeler & Co 191
Leatherbee & Son, W. H .. 107 and H back
Leavitt, Sanborn & Co 199
Lux Engraving Co 279
McDormand, Warner & Co 217
McIntosh, Seymour & Co 104, 205
McNeal Pipe & Foundry Co., The .  108, 233
McNutt, John J 199
McQuesten & Co., George 193
Mechanics Iron Foundry Co 99 and D front
Merchants' National Bank  229Munsell & Co., Eugene.    287
National Bank of Redemption 231
Newburyport Car Mfg. Co 106, 227
New York Equipment Co 105, 263
Nightingale & Childs, S. C.  101, 281
Oakman Mfg. Co    199 Old Colony Railroad    283
Pettingell Andrews Co  105, 295
Randall, J. H 179
Revere Rubber Co..235 Richardson & Co., Charles ..... ....    175
Richards & Co 199
Sampson, Clark & Co 171
Samson Cordage Works   171
Sawyer, Manning & co.  293Sherbourne, R    107,191
Simplex Electrical Co 103. 163
Slater Woolen Co 275, 289
Smith & Co., J. D 269
Smith Iron Co., G. W. & F 100, 191
Smith, Northam & Co 247
South Boston Iron Works100, 251
Standard Paint Co 265
Star Brass Mfg. Co 175
Stetson & Co., A. M 191
Sturtevant & Co., David 193
Thomson-Houston Electric Co., 91 and
front and back inside covers
Townsend, E. B 275Tripp Mfg. Co 88, 102, and opposite intro-
ductory 6
Usher, Samuel 195
Vacuum Oil Co 98, 165
Van Nuis, C. S 237
Wadsworth, Howland & Co 159
Wainwright Mfg. Co. (of Mass.) 109, 221
Waldo Brothers 197
Walworth Mfg. Co 99, 213
Weston Electrical Instrument Co., The
115, and B & C front
Wheeler Reflector Co 161
4
Whidden & Co 169
Whitney & Sons. A 104, 207
Wood & Co., W. H 175
Introductory.
The design and scope of this work will be found as clearly indiand as amply set forth on the title page as is requisite to the most complete understanding of the plan which it involves and the character of the matter embodied in its pages.
As there stated, it is a collection, original and selected, of the choicest, most striking and interesting historical facts which it is possible to glean on the subject of street railways, in the preparaof which my aim has been to present them divested of all verand in a form calculated to interest not only the student of figures, but the average reader who desires to add to his store of information regarding great internal enterprises.
In the prosecution of my purpose every important work has been carefully consulted, with a view to examining whatever might promaid to my efforts, and nothing bearing on the work has been left unexplored in its preparation.
Besides these invaluable means, the best private sources within the circle of men of letters have been resorted to, and the suggesand assistance thus personally extended have added materially to the pleasure of my task as well as to the value of its results.
We are especially indebted to the following gentlemen who have made it possible to have this work not only interesting to the genreader, but accurate and reliable in the information supplied :
MR. HENRY M. WHITNEY, President of the West End Street Rail-
way.
PRENTISS CUMMINGS, ESQ., Attorney.
HON. Joim H. STUDLEY, Supt. Sixth Division West End Street
Railway.
Louis PFINGST, Master Mechanic West End Street Railway.
F. S. PEARSON, Chief Engineer Electrical department West End Street Railway.
H. F. WOODS, Purchasing Agent, West End Street Railway.
JOHN H. STUDLEY, JR., Chief Clerk Purchasing department, West End Street Railway.
Having wrought to the best of my ability in the field from which this history has been garnered, it is sent forth with the consciousthat, whatever defects or deficiencies may be discovered, it has at least been my aim to spare no pains 'in rendering it as readable, rich in facts, and as perfect of its kind as seems to me possible. THE EDITOR. BOSTON, Mass., January 1892.
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