. The street railway review . FACTORY OF MORRIS ELECTRIC CO. R. R., and between the works of the Sprague Electric Co. and the Crocker-Wheeler Co. The main building is 220x46 ft. Theengine room is located in an ell oflf the main shop. The brass foundry is 46x74 ft. and is equipped with nine fur- naces and one Tabor moulding machine, which latter will do thework of 10 moulders. Opening off the foundry is a core room14 ft. wide by 20 ft. long, and beyond this room is the dipping roomand blacksmith shop, 12x20 ft. The south end of the main shopis used for the fare register department and the balan
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. The street railway review . FACTORY OF MORRIS ELECTRIC CO. R. R., and between the works of the Sprague Electric Co. and the Crocker-Wheeler Co. The main building is 220x46 ft. Theengine room is located in an ell oflf the main shop. The brass foundry is 46x74 ft. and is equipped with nine fur- naces and one Tabor moulding machine, which latter will do thework of 10 moulders. Opening off the foundry is a core room14 ft. wide by 20 ft. long, and beyond this room is the dipping roomand blacksmith shop, 12x20 ft. The south end of the main shopis used for the fare register department and the balance of theshop for manufacturing the bonds and other goods made by thecompany. The D., L. & W. R. R. has put in a siding so that thecars run up to a platform at the door of the factory to receive. INTERIOR OF MORRIS FACTORY. and deliver shipments. The main shop is equipped with presses andgas furnaces besides modern machinery of the usual types. The company has several large orders for bonds on which theshop is working, and it is getting well started in the manufactureof fare registers. Mr. E. P. Morris has devoted most of his lime heretofore to theerecting and starting of the shops, but hereafter will divide his timebetween the shops and the New York office at 15 Cortlandt St.The company reports its business good and the export part of itfar beyond expectations. SECOND-HAND ENGINES. A great many of the interurban railway systems now buildingand projected will include the local lines in the towns connectedand generally where the territory covered is considerable, there isnecessary a complete redesign of the power generating plants, thethree-phase system of distribution being substituted for direct cur-rent in many instances. The number of engines thus thrown on the market, and