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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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ed motor commutators for street railway motors.The fact that street railway men can procure assembledcommutators for any and all standard street railway motorswill be appreciated. It will also carry in stock armaturecoils for all the standard motors. A complete equipmentfor the rewinding of armatures has been put in. Mr. Morrell, who has charge of the electrical departmenthas had long experience in electric street railway work andis well known at St. Louis, Minneapolis, Indianapolis andCleveland, where he has had charge at different times ofimportant works. A young couple sought notoriety by being married on atrolley car in Hoboken, N. J. The ceremony was per-formed by a justice of the peace and the conductor acted asbest man. An ordinance has been passed imposing a tax of $25 ayear on each car operated by the street railway companiesin Denver. This more than doubles the citys revenue fromthis source, as heretofore the license has been on the wholetrain. (^ticd.S^mlw&yj^eVleW* 605
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HOLLOW FORGED SHAFT FOR UNION ELEVATED RAILWAY, CHICAGO. This shaft is one of three built by the Bethlehem IronCompany of South Bethlehem, Pa., for the three 1,500-k.w. direct connected units now being installed in the powerhouse of the Union Elevated Railroad of Chicago. Thedimensions are : Diameter of fly-wheel hub, 28 in.; diam-eter of bearings, 22 in.; diameter of axial hole, 9 in.; length,21 ft. 9^ in. The weight is 30,200 lb. Three shafts similar to this were made at the same timefor engines in the power house of the Chicago City Rail-way and four for engines built by the E. P. Allis Companyof Milwaukee for the Northwestern Elevated of Chicago. We regret that the photograph from which this illustra-tion was made was received too late for us to place it withthe article on page 578 of this issue. WESTERN GEAR COMPANY OF MIL-WAUKEE. WEST END ROAD, BOSTON, LEASED, The Western Gear Company of Milwaukee has beenincorporated and has purchased the plant and business of theco-partnership

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