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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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on in addition to 100 more which it has under con-struction. It is stated that the Brooklyn Ferry Company, whichoperates a number of ferries between New York and P>rook-lyn, will abandon certain of its lines, disposing of its wharf))roperty to a large terminal company. Redistribution oftraffic following the operation of surface cars over theBrooklyn Bridge, the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge,the operation of the New York subway and the tunnel toBrooklvn are cited as affecting the ferrv traffic. 646 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXXL No. 16. BALANCED SPRING HARP ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES FOR INDUSTRIAL HAULAGE A balanced spring trolley harp which is simple in its de-tails is being made by the United Copper Foundry Com-pany, of Boston, Mass. Theharp has a flexible washer andcontact which are combined.The elliptic springs are fittedover the pinion on either sidebetween the wheel and are heldin place merely by inserting theend through a projection on theinside of the harp below the pin-
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The use of electricity as a motive power in surface andindustrial haulage is strikingly illustrated in two types ofelectric locomotives recently built for the Carnegie SteelCompany and the Illinois Tunnel Company by the Bald-win Locomotive Works and equipped with electrical ap-paratus supplied by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufac-turing Company. The locomotive for the Carnegie SteelCompany is one of two in service at the companys Ohioworks. It is of the mine type, built for standard-gagetrack and fitted with a cab. The width over all is 7 ft. iin., the height to top of cab 10 ft. and the length 10 ft. 8 in. (» 10^— PL.\N AND ELEVATION OF LOCOMOTIVE FOR ILLINOIS TUNNEL ion. The springs are said to give perfect action and at thesame time afford the wheel a maximum of play. In addi-tion to the harp the company makes copper wheels andhigh-speed bushings. THE ROOKE SYSTEM IN DES MOINES The Rooke system of collecting and registering fares wasadopted last Thursday by the Des Moines

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