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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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ar was a frogand mate cast solid of manganese steel. The center of the spaceoccupied by the company contained a spring split switch for T-railtrack and a Pennsylvania standard steel railroad crossing, whichis probably the most elaborate steam and street railroad crossingin use. The company was represented by William Wharton, Jr.,president; F. P. Howe, first vice-president, and V. Angerer, sec-ond vice-president; also by J. C. Robinson and J. B. Robinson, ofHarrington, Robinson & Company. WILLIAM F. ELLIS, of Boston, Mass., had an attractive ex-hibit, near the entrance to the meeting hall, of the various ap-paratus for which he is agent. Conspicuous among these was theDiamond S brake shoe. These shoes, of which a full line wasshown, were arranged on two panels in a tasteful design, and theirrecords in service were given. Mr. Ellis also showed some sam-ples of the continuous rail joint for T and girder rail. This jointis employed on the Boston Subway, and is well liked in that city.
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EXHIBIT OF HAMPDEN CAR WHEEL GRINDER A line of steel car axles made by Dilworth, Porter & Co., of Pitts-burgh, and of Goldie perfect point spikes, completed the exhibit ofMr. Ellis, which was one of the most interesting at the Convention.In the background of the exhibit were shown photographs of theBoston Terminal, Metropolitan Elevated Railway, of Chicago, andBoston Subway, with samples of continuous rail joints, Goldieclaw shoulder and tie plates, spikes and Sternbergh Harvey Griprolled thread steel bolts, that are in use on the tracks of the BostonSubway. THE H. W. JOHNS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ofNew York, occupied space not far from the center of the con-vention hall, opposite the Westinghouse space. On one side therewas a table showing the companys new cross seat heater of quitea novel type. In the rear of the exhibit was a seat arranged torepresent the longitudinal seat of a street car. This seat wasequipped with three types of heaters, two of the panel type andone cross seat

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