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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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s thereof,with light or electric current for power, or such railways or suchcorporations may also acquire by purchase or consolidation, plants,franchises, contracts, good will, and other property of any exist-ing street railway or lighting company. All licenses or franchisesheretofore granted to any street railway company authorizing theconstruction and operation of an electric street railroad in anycity of the first class in the territory and which have not becomeforfeited or lapsed by their terms, are hereby ratified, legalized andconfirmed. Dec. 20. 1903.1 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 995 Interhorough Special Truck. The accompanying illustration shows one of a lot of 460 trailertrucks which are being built by the St. Louis Car Co., and whichare known as its Intcrborough Special trucks. These were builtfor the Interhorough Rapid Transit Co., of New York City. Thistruck comprises a solid forged top frame, in one piece, compositeside frames and a flitch swing bolster supported by two triple
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•■IXTERIiOROfclH- TRlCK ST. I.OUIS LAK CO. elliptic springs, and it is also fitted with two equalizer double coilsprings. The transoms are forged, the transom plates and all wear-ing plates and bolts are machine fitted and all holes are drilled.The truck is equipped with M. C. H. journal boxes. The wheel baseis 5 ft. 6 in., and the total weight of the truck is 8,800 lb. Accidents. November igth two persons were killed and eight injurcil ina rear end collision between two motor trains on the Brooklyn Ele-vated R. R. The two who lost their lives were the conductor andniotorman of the rear train, who were burnc<l to deatb. Tlie lilanu-was attached to the dead niotorman. November 24th two Third Ave. elevated trains collided at the129th St. station. New York City, and two passengers were seri-ously injured. Several cars were damaged. November 24th a switch engine on the Chicago & Eastern Illi-nois R. R. ran into a Chicago General Railway Co. car at 22d St.and Stewart Ave., Chica

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