. The Street railway journal . en. The Germans hold the field in supply-ing this country with electric appliances, because they are everpresent and always patient; they study their customers, ascertaintheir financial condition, give long credit with reasonable interest,and employ men who are either Urerman-speaking Russians orGermans born in Russia, who, of course, speak both Russian andGerman. It will require more than a casual visit to Russia on the part ofAmerican business men, Mr. Heenan says, if they are to wintheir proper share of the future business to be done in electricalappliances, a
. The Street railway journal . en. The Germans hold the field in supply-ing this country with electric appliances, because they are everpresent and always patient; they study their customers, ascertaintheir financial condition, give long credit with reasonable interest,and employ men who are either Urerman-speaking Russians orGermans born in Russia, who, of course, speak both Russian andGerman. It will require more than a casual visit to Russia on the part ofAmerican business men, Mr. Heenan says, if they are to wintheir proper share of the future business to be done in electricalappliances, and he says that it is not too much to say that in noother branch of trade is there likely to be such material progressin Russia. Street Railway Patents [This department is conducted by W. A. Rosenbaum, patentattorney, Room No. 1203-7 Nassau-Beekman Building, NewYork.]- UNITED STATES PATENTS ISSUED AUG. 19, ,120. Car Wheel; G. Killian, Scranton, Pa. App. filedAug. 30, 1901. Relates to a built-up car wheel, and comprises. PATENT NO. 707,331 two disc body portions and a tire which covers the periphery ofboth discs. 707,149. Brake; A. R. Moore, Charlotte, Mich. App. filedMarch 19, 1902. Details of a braking mechanism. 707,208. Side and Center Bearing for Car Trucks; E. Cliff,Newark, N. J. App. filed July 2, 1902. The bearing comprisesupper and lower members having at each side of a vertical trans- verse line oppositely inclined track surfaces between which roll-ers are located, there being means whereby the rollers are kepta definite distance apart. 707,255. Safety Ball for Tram Protecting Rollers; E. Raus,Prague, Austria-Hungary. App. filed April 30, 1902. A fenderconsisting of a rotating cylinder or cylinders which are coveredwith elastic balls or fingers. 707,331. Car Brake; W. House, Syracuse, N. Y. App. filedJan. 16, 1902. Relates to mechanism in which the braking actionis obtained by means of rollers forced into frictional contact withthe threads of the car wheels and
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