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Show , The Rapid Transit, Company 'a Begin. The new engine, "Ideal," of the Rapid Transit company is a model of 'beauty and perfect' arrangement, hav , ing all the latest improvements for high speed and most satisfactory working for the purposes designed. It is a 280 horse-power engine, having, an 18x18. inch cylinder and ot feet driver flywheels fly-wheels making 200. revolutions per minute. It is of the latest pattern, containing con-taining all the essentials of a high grade engine, taking up about half the space of old style engines. The running run-ning gears are' enclosed in an oil-tight iron box, and the double circular cranks, revolving swiftly in wells beneath be-neath filled with several gallons of oil, throughout the enclosed space, thug keeping all parts of the machinery constantly, con-stantly, lubricated.. The excess of oil is. again . conducted to the wells and can thus be used for several. weeks. ; and when it becomes foul it can be refined, thus making a large saving in the item of expense for oil. Cleanliness is a special ed vantage in the above arrangement. arrange-ment. The engine runs almost noiselessly, noise-lessly, and is perfect in its workings, being now connected with the first set of dynamos. |