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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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lowered in a \er\ shortlime. Inside the car is a hand wheel about the size of abrake wheel by which the shear board can instantly be liftedor lowered. The bo;ird is kept liorizontal, as it is raised, sothat one end is not lifted higher than the other. The icediggers or track cleaners are in front of each set of wheels andare controlled b\ the motorman bv a large lever. One spec- STREET RAILWAY NOTES FROM PARIS. (Iroiii Our Own Correspondent. I Electric railways operated by the overhead w ire liave beenintroduced with much success at Versailles. We shall givesome notes upon this in a succeeding issue. Followingcloselyupon this inroad into the set prejudice prevailinghere against trolley lines, comes an authorization to admitthem under restrictive conditions into Paris. A mixed com-mission of the nuniicipal council has quite recently resolvedto grant a franchise to the Southern Street Railway Com-pany (Compagnie des Tramways du Sud.) All the other tramway companies systematically oppose
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WHITK SNOW ILOW. ial feature about this plow is that any part that might breakcan be replaced as the car stands on the track. Anothernew and important feature is that the controlling handles areall placed at the extreme ends, so that by a few minutes workthe shears can be taken off and the car can be used for afreight, express or tool car. The motors are on the axles,leaving the car liody clear. The brakes are simple and strong,and work between the wheels. The plows are being madewith full closed bodies or with platforms, as desired. Inaddition to a very good trade in snow plows this company istilling many orders for transfer tables. BELT STRETCHER. For lacing belts not more than six or eight inches widethe device here shown is much more convenient than onewith a screw at each side. Equal tension is put upon thetwo edges of the belt if the right and left hand screw be

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