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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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del switchboard, complete, was shown. In the motordisplay were handsomely finished specimens of the G. E. 800, 1,000,1,200 and 2,000 types. The line of overhead line supplies was verycomplete, including the U. S. standard trolley for low bridge work.Photographs illustrated various phases of the Baltimore tunnelsystem, and a sample length of the overhead conduit and contactshoe used were shown. A length of the third rail over which regular trains are now beingoperated between East Weymouth and Nantasket Junction, on themain line of the Old Colony Division of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.served to illustrate another electrical system for steam railroad work.The space was handsomely illuminated by a large script sign, and bythe famous G. E. monogram in many-colored miniature incandesrents.Around the space, and under the gallery, were a series of ten Thom-son arc lamps for use on railway circuits. The new apparatus shownoutside of the brake, comprised the M automatic circuit breaker for
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car and other work; a modified form of the K automatic circuitbreaker for station and work of that character, railway and arc light-ning arresters and other minor devices. A full supply of G. E. literature was spread upon the table whereset a handsome bust of Edison. The interests of the General ElectricCompany were well taken care of by the following gentlemen:Messrs William J. Clark, B. E. Sunny, F. M. Kimball, T. Beran, RalphBeach, C. C. Pierce, H. J. Crowley, F. H. Striely, F. M. Boyer, Theo.P. Bailey, G. K. Wheeler, H. C. Wirt, L. H. Parker, E. M. Hulett,George D. Rosenthal, W. B. Potter and John McGhie. A. S. Dexter, manager of the Chicago branch of the BinghamtonOil Refining Company, represented that concern. The John Stephenson Company, New York, was, as for many yearspast, represented by D. W. Pugh, of whom it may be said no man inthe convention has more or better friends. He once more suppliedeverybody with one of those neat vest-pocket note books, bound inrussia leather, an

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