Identifier: streetrailwayrev14amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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C/Wt/^if //V£3t^C r/o^ Co/L wiri.m; ui.\(;r.\m—EVRHiii.E street car set for Pittsburg R.MLWAYS CO. has recently been developed for the Philadelphia Co. an entirely newtype of portable telephone set which is now carried on all cars thatmake suburban or interurban runs. This instrument has been devel-oped by the local Rcll company of Pittsburg, which is known asthe Central District & Printing Telegraph Co., and is made bythe Western Electric Co. of Chicago. The portable instrument is designed for use in connection withpole jacks which are located on the electric railway poles at fre-quent intervals. Ihe apparatus is contained in a llat suit-case shapedIiox. iS;< in. liiKh. !i.. in. wide and 5 in. deep, the entire set weigh-
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IOHTAIIIE street K.MI.W.W TEI.EIIKINE SET--IMTTSIllUl. KAn.WAVS 1 O. same time as the alarms are rung in the city fire .stations. Theoperator in charge transmits orders to the nearest emergency crewif it appears that the companys property is liable to be aflfected inany way by the fire. The city telephone exchange has instructionsthat when the Philadelphia Co. exchange is called and the wordemergency is ailded .ill interfering connections are to be brokeninstantly, and thus the cumpany can act promptly in case of tire oraccidents. ing about 25 lb. In the lower part of the box is a hinged tray inwhich is carried the condiination transmitter and receiver, whichis of the knock-about type, ihe upper part of the box containsthe generator batteries, coils and protector, and has a cover whichis held in place hy screws. \ plug and a cord are used for makingthe connections between the box an<l the pole jacks. The batteries used are the regulation Blue Bell dry batteries. The characteristic

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