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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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nnection to the body bolster In December last we gave an account of the status of a suit thenrecently brought by the Spokane (Wash.) Gas Co. against theWashington Water Power Co., which operates the Spokane StreetRy. The judge of the Superior Court, in which the suit wasbrought, has prepared his findings of fact, and issued an injunctionto prevent the use of any except cast-weld joints in paved streetsand any except Chicago rail bonds in other streets. The defend-ant will appeal the case, as to observe the injunction would entailgreat expense. The suit was begun last October, and many electrical experts ex-amined as witnesses, among whom were Prof. E. Darrow. of theWashington Agricultural College, and Bert L. Baldwin, of Cin-cinnati. The courts findings are briefly as follows: The only method of absolutely preventing stray currents of elec-tricity is the double trolley system. The best single trolley is the cast weld joint system. The best wire bond is thiit known as the Chicago bond.
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CLASS H TRUCK. of the car as to allow the trucks to swivel freely and pass aroundthe shortest of curves without difficulty. At the center of the truck are two cross bars, to which are fas-tened the motor supports; this can be adapted to any kind of motoiused. The brakes on these trucks are inside hung, as will be re-marked. The brake mechanism is very simple and easy to keepir repair; the brake head and brake hanger bracket are so ar-ranged that by drawing up a wedge in each of them by means ola nut, all the slack or play in the brake hanger and pin can betr.ken up. The advantages claimed for an inside hung brake is thatit overcomes the chatter, which is very annoying at times on theold style outside hung brake, and also that the brake is thoroughlyequalized. REPAIRING THE CHILKOOT TRAMWAYS. A gang of men are now busy repairing the Chilkoot, Alaska,tramway, and it is the intention of the railway company to keepthe road in order for emergency use in winter. Two of the towersare bein.g

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