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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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ces with such good will, that afterinnumerable examples of the total depravity which hasbeen the ruling characteristic of conduits on Americansoil, they experienced the crowning pleasure of seeingthe road go into successful operation in July, 1888. Butthe end was not yet, for after varying success during thefollowing winter, the conduit shared the fate of its kin THE KRUM DRAG. A Traffic Inducer in Early Davenport Days. When the first horse cars were run on tbe Bradystreet hill line in Davenport, many years ago, the com-pany had difficulty in inducing people to try the car sofearful were they that the brakes would not hold it onthe grade. On the day of the trial trip the wholetown turned out to witness the opening, but theDavenport Democrat relates that not one of the spec-tators, even the stockholders, would get in the carand ride up the hill. They were afraid that the carwould run away backward down the hill taking themules with it. Finally, as a measure of safety, adopted mainly to
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RELICS OF EARI,Y DAYS. in those dajs, by being finally abandoned after less thanone years service, and was replaced by an overheadsystem. After this change, and a resort to under con-tact devices, the road continued in successful operationfor several years, and some of the motors are still in useon the Perrysville avenue branch, now in charge of thePleasant Valley Company. LEE SNOW PLOW. The Lee snow plow, manufactured by the W. E. AustinManufacturing Company, Norway, Me., and of which anillustrated description was given in our issue of May, is nowattracting a great many inquiries. The plow does excep-tionally fine work in heavy drifts and is easily operated. Itis now made in two sizes, with nose 37 or 48 inches in height.The frame is of 2j^ by ^-inch Norway iron bolted to 4 by8-inch rock maple. The covering is also rock maple, fast-ened with countersunk bolts. The cutting edge is of 5 by^-inch steel, adjustable to take up wear. reassure the unduly alarmed people, a device called theK

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