. The Street railway journal . rwhich they were designed. Consolidation of Supply Companies The charter of the Miller-Knoblock Company, South Bend,Ind., being about to expire, the company has reorganized underthe name of the Miller-Knoblock Electric Manufacturing Com-pany, and will continue to make and sell commutators and arma-ture coils. The company has also consolidated with the Northwestern Elec-tric Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, makers of insulated wireand the plant of the latter company has been moved to South Bendand installed in the commodious plant of the old Miller-KnoblockCompa
. The Street railway journal . rwhich they were designed. Consolidation of Supply Companies The charter of the Miller-Knoblock Company, South Bend,Ind., being about to expire, the company has reorganized underthe name of the Miller-Knoblock Electric Manufacturing Com-pany, and will continue to make and sell commutators and arma-ture coils. The company has also consolidated with the Northwestern Elec-tric Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, makers of insulated wireand the plant of the latter company has been moved to South Bendand installed in the commodious plant of the old Miller-KnoblockCompany. The new company will, therefore, also produce allsizes of silk and cotton-covered magnet wire, and will make aspecialty of coarse sizes of single and double cotton-covered wirefor armature winding and field coils. Combined Air and Circulating; Pump A description was published in the last monthly issue of thispaper of the new combined air and circulating pump, recentlybrought out by the Conover Manufacturing Company, of New. COMBINED AIR AND CIRCULATING PUMP York. The accompanying engraving shows a general view ofthis pump, from which, with the sectional views published lastmonth, a good idea of the arrangement of the various parts can besecured. ♦♦♦ Electric Headlights The use of electric headlights is growing so rapidly that theaccompanying engraving showing the standard type of electricheadlight, manufactured by the Dressel Railway Lamp Works, ofNew York, is of interest. This headlight is made of malleableiron, and is arranged to screw to the front of the dash, in whichno hole cutting is necessary. The frame is so designed that thelamp can be easily cleaned or replaced, and is generally furnishedwith an 8-in. reflector, although it can be supplied with a if desired. The Dressel Railway Lamp Works are oneof the oldest manufacturing plants in thiscountry, and have done a very large businessin the steam railway field. The locomotiveheadlights made by th
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