Identifier:streetrailwayj281906newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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•J RE ELLIOTT BROTHERS ELECTRIC COMPANY THE WATSON-STILLMAN COMPANY. SPRAGUE ELECTRICCOMPANY, NATIONAL CARBON COMPANY
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October 27, 1906.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 857 bon steel, said to have an elastic limit of 120,000 lbs. and anultimate strength of 150,000 lbs. Several photographs were ex-hibited showing the companys reinforced concrete constructionin the building of the new shops of the Twin City Rapid TransitCompany, at Minneapolis, Minn. C. C. Collins represented thecompany. THE UNITED COPPER FOUNDRY COMPANY, of Bos-ton, Mass., exhibited trolley wheels and sleet cutters made frompure copper. The metal is processed in such a manner as tomake it exceedingly hard, and a long life is claimed for thewheels. Spring trolley harps were also shown. F. HarrySeavey represented the company. THE JEWETT CAR COMPANY, of Newark, Ohio, ex-hibited a surface car of the type of which fifty are being builtfor the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. The car was of thesemi-convertible type. The change from a closed to an opencar was made by removing from between the posts frames con-taining a panel in the lower portion and

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