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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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as not to scorch the most delicate fabric. The New York Car Wheel Company, Buffalo, N. Y., exhibitedseveral of its machined car wheels, both spoke and plate with brokensections showing depth of chill and quality of metal. Axles werealso included in the exhibit. The Murphy \arnish Company, Newark, Boston, Cleveland, St.Louis and Chicago, exhibited a great variety of varnishes and colorsfor special purposes. An interesting feature was the specimens ofSierra Leone and Kauri, New Zealand, copal in its natural state, weigh-ing 100 pounds and supposed to be the largest specimen in the UnitedStates. Represented by W. H. Sterns and Charles G. Ettinger. Specimens of wire glass for avariety of purposes were shown by theMississippi Glass Company, St. Louis. The W. H.Coe Manufacturing Company exhibited and took ordersfor Coes gilding wheel for striping and decorating. A variety of fire brick manufactures, terra cotta, sewer pipe andpaving brick formed the display of Evens & Howard, St. Louis.
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(2*1 (^i!miif\aJiya^\^^ The Detroit Stove Works made a display of Jewel street carheaters and station heaters. The exhil)it was a notable instance ofthe attractiveness with which even such utilitarian devices as stovescan be arranged. Especial claims are made for the Jewell streetcar heater that it has no sheet iron parts to wear or rust out, will out-last the life of the car and in appearance is an ornament to the carrather than an adjunct that is merely tolerated because it is necessaryThe company claims to have the largest stove works in the world. The Peckham Motor Truck and Wheel Company, Kingston, N. Y.,made a very extensive showing, including No. 7-C Excelsior truck,one of 175 now building for the Cincinnati Street Railway, fitted withKilgour emergency brake and G. E. 1000 motors; extra long truckwith Westinghouse 38-B motors; standard 8-A truck with new typeextension trusses; and No. 4 double cushioned swivel truck. Extralong trucks were also shown in connection with the exhib

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