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Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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l and efficient Is portable, fast and simple to operate Is easily placed on and removed from track Is adjustable to all conditions of grinding Is high grade, low in cost and in maintenance Is now in use on the largest railways in America Is needed on every railway Is the machine you will eventually buy See It at the ConventionOne Demonstration Will Convince You E. P. Seymour Portable Rail Grinder Co. Waltham, Mass. Manufacturers CkTsrTOisr.Qmo, U.S.A. Line THIS section is devoted chiefly to adver-tisements of equipment for transmission,distribution and signaling, such as— Wood Poles Steel Poles and Steel Towers Cross-arms and OtHer Fittings forBoth Poles and Towers Aerial and Underground Cablesand Wire Trolley Wire Insulators, Connectors, Terminals Splicers, Clamps, Etc. Motor Trucks in Forms EspeciallyAdapted to Electric RailwayService Trolley-Contact Signals and Time-Inspection Systems PROCEED!! Block Signals, Time Inspection andthe Hamilton Watch make ElectricRailway Service Safe
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Eight Reasons Why You Should AdoptTime Inspection for Your Road Because it is just as important to check your trainmens watches as to check thewear of a bearing. Because every trainman must know that his watch will not be permitted to overstepthe danger mark of 30 seconds variation per week. Because the watches of opposing crews must run exactly alike to prevent troublein making turnouts. Because the possession by trainmen of accurate watches makes a favorable impres-sion upon passengers who know that the train will leave on exact schedule time. Because your testimony before a jury as to the time features of an accident willgain immeasurably when backed by your use of a time inspection system. Because, in city operation, accurate watches conduce to better maintenance of timepoints and closer agreement between the reports of inspectors and car crews. Because the chances of collision between freight, construction or other non-scheduletrains will be greatly reduced. Because, and chiefly,

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