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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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en admitted by the leading engineering tal-ent, the demand for such engines is now very extensive and isconstantly increasing, and under proper operating conditions theeconomy of the compound engine is unquestioned. Recognizing these conditions, the Harrisburg Foundry & Ma-chine Works, of Harrisburg, Pa., lias developed a complete sys- Patent Litigation The Thomson-Houston Electric Company has beengranted preliminary injunctions restraining the Worces-ter & Clinton Street Railway Company from infringingclaims 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and 31 of Letters Patent No.393»323, covering a system of electrical controllers, and;claims 3, 4, II, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26 and 27 of Patent No.424,695 granted to Van Depole, and covering a suspendedswitch. The Thomson-Houston Electric Company has also beencessful in its suit against the Central Union Brass Companyinfringement of the Van Depole Patent No. 424,695; andagainst the Mill Creek Valley Street Railway Company forfringing Patent No. 393,323.
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suc-foralsoin- Open Funeral Cars f The Mexicans of all classes have a very sensible idea about theutilization of their street railways for transportation of funerals.In America a few steam railroads provide funeral facilities, butthe idea of using the ordinary street car, whether propelled byanimal power or electricity, does not seem to have been carriedout to any great extent in America. The two cars illustrated werebuilt recently for the Cia Tranvias de Merida Yucatan by the J.G. Brill Company. The road is narrow gage and is operated byanimal power. The cars are but 9 ft. long by 6 ft. in width overall. One of them is of the plainest possible sort, merely a plat-form carrying a bier with a light roof supported by four rods atthe corners. The other one is somewhat more elaborate, drapedcurtains at the corners and an enclosed bier in the center are pro-vided, while the roof is decorated with plumes. A small crucifix REAR VIEW OF ENGINE—GENERATOR REMOVED tern of engines of this natur

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