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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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s anchor, as shown, is made in sizes small enough toguy fence posts, and in the larger sizes sufficient for anchoringguy wires of the heaviest pole line or stack construction.PAWLING & HARNISHFEGER The traveling crane which was used to install the heavy elec-tric apparatus in the west side of the Electricity Building wasbuilt by Pawling & Harnishfeger, of Milwaukee. This cranehas a capacity of 30 tons and a span of 57 ft. 5^2 ins. It isequipped with four electric motors. The movement of the craneis effected with a 20-hp, 220-volt motor, giving a speed of 250 ft.per minute. The movement of the hoist from one end of thecrane to the other is effected with an 8-hp motor. The cranehoist has a 30-hp motor, giving a hoisting speed of 25 ft. perminute, and the auxiliary hoist has a 15-hp motor, which willhoist at from 30 ft. to 90 ft. per minute. This crane has, ofcourse, proved of immense convenience in handling the heavyexhibits, which were installed with a celerity never equaled in
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BRILL OPEN CAR any exposition building where such hoisting facilities were notpresent. This company has also installed a much larger cranefor use in the exhibit power plant in the Machinery Building.WHEEL TRUING BRAKE-SHOE COMPANYThe Wheel Truing Brake-Shoe Company shows in the ex-hibit of the Wesco Supply Company, in the Electricity Build-ing, brake-shoes of various designs adapted to grinding downcast-iron and steel-tired wheels. These brake-shoes consist ofan iron frame containing blocks of an abrasive material, whichacts to grind down a car wheel each time the brakes are applied,thus dressing down flat wheels so that they need not be re-moved or ground down with an emery-wheel grinder. Some ofthe shoes exhibited are especially designed for grinding downdirt-worn or grooved tires of locomotive drive wheels. THE STANDARD UNDERGROUND CABLE COMPANY AND McROY CLAY WORKSA unique joint exhibit is made in the Electricity Building bythe Standard Underground Cable Company and the McRoyClay

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