Identifier: railroaddigest1112carj (find matches)
Title: Railroad digest
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Car Journal Publishing Co
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives Railroad cars
Publisher: New York : Car Journal Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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gned. v Frederick Swift & Co., Old Colony Building, Chicago, havesurrendered their contract as railway sales agents for theBoston Woven Hose and Rubber Company, in order to morecompletely devote their energies to the development of thePerry Brown malleable iron journal box. Swift & Co. are tomanufacture as well as market the Perry Brown box in theUnited States. The Seamless Tubes Company of Detroit has commencedto manufacture its product, and is said to be producing a veryhigh-grade article. The company will proceed conservativelyfor a time in order to tune its works up to a uniformly highstandard. Mr. W. N. Thornburgh may accept charge of salesfor the company. A. M. Crane & Co., of Chicago, have purchased the patentsof the simplex car and truck jack, and will henceforth handleits sale. Mr. Walter B. Templeton, the inventor and formerowner of the device, has joined the staff of A. M. Crane &Co., and will have charge of the new department. Vol. XI. No. 2 RAILROAD DIGEST
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The Digest: ^.r. ontKly Synopsis ofniversal Railroad Literature Maintenance of Way, Bridges and Buildings ....Locomotive Equipment. Appliances and Related MattersCar Equipment, Appliances and Related Matters . .Electrical Equipment, Machinery and Appliances . . . Conducting Transportation 73 Shop Practice, Machinery and Tools 74 Medical and Surgical Matters 75 Miscellaneous 76 ( Maintenance of Way, Bridges and Buildings ) Bascule Bridge at ChicagoEngineering News, Jan. 31, 1901, p. 75. This article describes a bridge of the bascule (or balancedlever) type, to be built at Claybourne Place, Chicago. The de-sign was prepared by Mr. Edward Wilmann, city bridge engi-neer, and Mr. John Erieson, city engineer. The general de-scription is given as follows: The bridge will be of the fixedcenter, double leaf bascule type, 125 ft. long from center tocenter of pivot bearings and 120 ft. center to center of piers,with a clear channel width of 100 ft. between the pile protec-tion works. Each leaf w

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