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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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STACK BUILT IN THIRTEEN DAYS. connected into the brick stack, again in operation, wasimperative. The stack problem being placed in Col. Meirshands was solved by the erection, in 13 days, of the stackshown in the accompanying engra\ing from a photograph.The work was carried on continuously day and night, andso far as known, breaks the record in point of rapid con-struction. Scarritt Furniture Company.The Scarritt Furniture Company may be considered oneof the oldest of St. Louis institutions, having been in exist-ence in one form or another for fifty-six years. The presentbusiness, however, at least in so far as it is of interest to thestreet railway service, may be considered to have had itsbeginning about twelve years ago, being founded upon sev-
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HEINE BOILERS AT UNION DEPOT AND PEOPLES RAILWAY. 634 ^lJieet5^aUw^5\eyW* eral patents granted to Sanforil G. Scarritt, the present man-ager, for certain improvements in the construction of carseats. The seats may now be seen in the cars of many ofthe principal street and steam railroads in all parts of theworld. The offices and salesrooms of the company are at412 and 414 North Fourth street, but the plant is widelyscattered, the woodworking shops and yards being isolatedon account of the necessity of having a large amount of roomat a reasonable cost, and in order to reduce insurance rates.The woodwork is done in a large four-story building, withconvenient yards adjacent. The metal work, upholstering,finishing, etc., are provided for in a six-story building at 612North Second street, a point convenient for shipping pur-poses as well as for customers. The work in the railwayline embraces nearly every variety of seat, both reclining andstationary, and settees for station purposes. The S

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