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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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, and had anexhibit showing a sample of conduit laid in concrete and illustrat-ing the perfect alignment and smoothness of the ducts in chargeof T. E. Wood. This exhibit was of especial interest to electricrailway men contemplating the laying of underground conduits. THE CONTINUOUS RAIL-JOINT COMPANY OFAMERICA, Newark, N. J., was well represented by R. F. Braine,general manager; H. M. Montgomery, Chicago agent; W. E.Clark, agent; F. C. Schmitz and J. G. Miller. These gentlemenreceived visitors in a commodious space in which were foundsamples of this companys various forms of T and girder railjoints, and decorations in the shape of the familiar and strikingcontinuous-rail-joint poster (showing a black and white sectionof the joint on a red mat), which accompanies every shipment ofthese joints all over the world. ADOLPH HUBER, 917 Franklin Avenue, St. Louis, is theinventor of a sample street railway switch-operating device, whichhe showed by model. The switch is thrown by the engagement
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EXHIBIT OF THE OHIO BRASS CO. of a roller under the car with a cam between the tracks. Mr.Huber has labored to simplify the car mechanism as much as pos-sible to make the cost of equipping all the cars on the line withswitch throwers as low as possible. THE WEBER GAS & GASOLINE ENGINE COMPANY,of Kansas City, exhibited two engines, one for ordinary powerpurposes and the other with hoisting attachment. THE UNITED STATES ELECTRIC SIGNAL COMPANY,of Watertown, Mass., has worked on the problem of block signalsfor single-track roads with turnouts for two years, and presenteda system operated by an instrument on the trolley wire. A car,upon entering a block between turnouts, throws signals at bothends of the block (a red signal in front and a white one behind),and the signals cannot be cleared until a car runs out of the blockat the other end. Dr. Frederick E. Withee, secretary, and R. J.Ruddick, the inventor, who represented the company, found manyinterested inquirers. THE EXHIBIT OF JOH

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