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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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t. The Steel Motor Company occupied a prominent place in the cen-tral part of the hall, and was represented by George W. Henry, The Partridge Carbon Company, of Sandusky, O., had its secretary,J. I.. Speer, in charge of an extensive array of all kinds of carbonbrushes. I5esides new brushes some were shown that had beenthrough the mill so that delegates might seethe brushes beforeand after taking current. The Commercial Electric Supply Company, of St. Louis, had avery extensive and varied exhibit. This company represents a greatnumber of manufacturing concerns, including the Western ElectricCompany and Standard Paint Company. Two St. Louis productsshown were the St. Louis car heater and Shelton rheostat. The citytelephone in their booth was the only one in the building. The Morrell Electrical Works, of St. Louis, exhibited some of itscommutators, and A. W. Morrell, from whom the company is namedshook hands with many of his former brothers in the field of actualstreet railway operation.
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EXHIBIT HALL—LOOKING EAST. Chicago, sales agent, and E. C. Parham, electrician, Johnstown, Pa.A Dupont truck was equipped with two C ^A steel motors and C 3controllers. This motor is the latest tested and tried production ofthis pioneer builder of motors made of steel, and always convincesstreet railway men of its staying powers and durability. The C 3controller is of the series-parallel type, and has besides the usualinterlocking device, the unique feature that the motor cut-outs areincorporated with the reverse lever, so that it is unnecessary to openthe controller to cut out one motor. The Central Inioii Brass Company, of St. Louis, which is a repre-sentative of a large number of manufacturing companies, had anattractive display. The Lombard hydraulic brake was in operation on the Duponttruck, equipped with steel motors, and always attracted a crowd.Homer M. Daggett, Jr., of 29 Temple place, Boston, was exhibiting it. The Standard Underground Cable Company had its usual fineexhib

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