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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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to ^ in. This projection holdsfirmly in the waste and prevents the grabber being lost incase a journal box should be open. Its use insures carebeing taken in packing journal boxes. They cannot bejammed full of waste, as it must be placed evenly and roomm,ust be left for the grabber. Again, the weight of thegrabber itself has the tendency to hold the waste down, andif it does raise a trifle the grabber will strike the lug of thebox and bearing first, preventing further movement. Whenin this position it is impossible for the waste to get be-yond the grabber. Under these conditions, it is claimedthat the journals will run at a lower temperature, due tothe fact that oil is more freely applied to the journal at alltimes. ♦-♦> NEW CARS FOR THE WARREN-JAMESTOWN RAILWAY A number of interesting interurban cars of the Brillgrooveless post, semi-convertible type have lately beenadded to the equipment of the Warren & Jamestown StreetRailway. This system, although a small one, operating
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EXTERIOR OF PASSENGER CAR FOR WARREN &JAMESTOWN, LINE ten cars over about 20 miles of tracks, is of considerableimportance, as it forms the connecting link with theChautauqua Lake region. On arriving at Jamestown, pas-sengers from Warren can board the cars of the ChautauquaTraction Company, which has its terminus at Westfield,passing the town of Chautauqua en route. Another inter-urban line running out of Jamestown is the line connect-ing Lakewood, Celeron and Falconer. The new cars are of the passenger and smoking type, the seats for the non-smokers being upholstered in leather;those in the smoking compartment in rattan; all seats havehigh backs and head rolls. The bottom framing is bracedwith under trusses and the two needle beams are doubletrussed. The unusual height of the car body from the

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