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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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the others, and that as tothese claims also, therefore, the patent cannot be sustained.Judgment is accordingly rendered for the defendants. American Cars in Manila In view of recent events, it is interesting to note that all of thestreet cars in the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippine Isl-ands, were made in America. The cars were built by the J. G.Brill Company, of Philadelphia, and are shown in the accompany-ing illustrations. The closed bodies are 12 ft. over all, and weighabout 2700 lbs.; the open cars are 13 ft. 0 in. long over dashersand have a seating capacity of twenty passengers. These cars are drawn by Philippine horses, which are about the Well Known Arc Lamp In the accompanying illustration is shown the Monarc inclosedarc lamp, which is manufactured by Albert & J. M. AndersonManufacturing Company, of Boston, Mass. This lamp is but 22ins. over all and in designing it to occupy this small space noth-ing in the way of strength, ample insulation or large radiating
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FIG. -CLOSED CAR—MANILA OPEN CAR—MANILA INCLOSED ARC LAMP size of a Newfoundland dog, and it was therefore necessary tomake them extremely light, and at the same time of the rec;uiredstrength. These equipments have been in service for some timeand have given entire satisfaction. The street railway company isknown as the Transvias de Filipinas. Self Locking Hanger A new type of hanger in which the cap is in a sense self-lockinghas recently been brought out by the Electric Railway EquipmentCompany, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The general construction of thehanger is shown in the engravings herewith. As will be seen, thehanger is in several parts, consisting of an insulated bolt, bell andcap. The thread on the bolt by which it is attached to the ear ismade right handed and that on the cap is left handed. The result

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