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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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trucks in the market.The Burke safety switch lock was also shown. This device isespecially advantageous for roads employing double-truck cars,as the switch remains locked in position until turned by the nextconductor. The well-known Reliance track cleaner was anotherfeature, demonstrated by H. A. Dorner, sales agent for the com-pany. THE SPRINGFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY,Bridgeport, Conn., exhibited its car-wheel grinding outfit in theannex. Both wheels are ground on the axles at once. In shoppractice the wheel turning device and the grinders may beoperated from a counter shaft by a single motor, but in the ex-hibit three motors were used. The wheel head is on a compoundswivel and slide, so that the cut may be made at any angle. G. W.Jackman was in charge. THE LUDLOW SUPPLY COMPANY, Cleveland, exhibitedseveral of the line for which it is sales agent; others were dis-played by the manufacturers. The feature was a model car ar-ranged for demonstration of the pneumatic car lift, used for
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678 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XX. No. 16. raising cars and removing motors, built by the Garry Iron & SteelCompany, Cleveland. Another center of attraction was the John-son trolley retractor, which instantly pulls the end of the poledown to 15 ins. below the overhead construction. Chisholm &Moore rail braces, chair braces and joints; Milwaukee reinforcedtrolley poles, Nichols-Lintern air sanders were also shown. TheSimplex Electric Heating Company exhibited various forms of itselectric heating apparatus at this stand. Colonel W. E. Ludlowwas in charge. THE BRADY BRASS COMPaNY, Jersey City, manufac-turer of Cypus bronze specialties, exhibited a complete line ofmotor bearings, journal bearings, check plates, babbitt metal, solder, trolley wheels, etc. The company makes the statement THE SCARRITT CAR SEAT WORKS, St. Louis, had five ofits seats in a neat display. Two were of the walkover type andthe others reversible. Cane, imitation leather and plush upholster-ing were shown.

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