. The street railway review . on shows the new plain andbuilding now practically completed by the John D 1 Chi ■ concerns in the country 1in the manufacture mfitters and plumbers supplies. In 1S114 the business was located at Michigan and WellsSt-, the plant being cntirch destroyed bj the great fire of the lire the business was resumi gan St., where continual and steady growth resulted enlarge- ments nf the plant until it extended from No. 45 to No. y> Michi-gan St. Recentlj it became neci ecure inure commodiousquarters and the factory and office building illustrated were 1at I l
. The street railway review . on shows the new plain andbuilding now practically completed by the John D 1 Chi ■ concerns in the country 1in the manufacture mfitters and plumbers supplies. In 1S114 the business was located at Michigan and WellsSt-, the plant being cntirch destroyed bj the great fire of the lire the business was resumi gan St., where continual and steady growth resulted enlarge- ments nf the plant until it extended from No. 45 to No. y> Michi-gan St. Recentlj it became neci ecure inure commodiousquarters and the factory and office building illustrated were 1at I lalsted, 22d and Union Si-, The large building in the foreground 1- the -tuck and office build-ing. In this building all the plumbing supplies will beearned. Ihe office will lie on tin second floor. One-halfentire lii -1 floor, 80 x 165 Fl . will be devoted I -hipping room. Inthe rear will he a large platform, at which five cars may he or unloaded al the same one storj building direct!) it tl 1- the pipe-bending and. JOHN DAVIS 1 OS. NEW PL \\ 1 blacksmith shop, 50 x too ft i he brass foundry 1- also in tin*, build-ing, 50 \ 50 11. I In 1 : ii of tlie largi Ig in the rear, no x 1511 ft., will he the pipe-cutting -hop. The rest of the building, too \ [50ft., will he the machine -hop Ihe other buildings are found!tern -Imp warehouse, barn, and pipe ward 1 There will he trackage mi the propert) for twenty car-. I1lire fmntage on Halsted, 22d and Union St-. 1- user a quarter of a mile. This new plant i- to be occupied with the latest and nm-idate machinery, and it will he a worthy homi >ld am! well- known firm. lOJ. ] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 863 EMERGENCY BRAKE FOR STREET RAILWAYCARS. Tin accompanying illustral ! mergence brake ■»;n and other oars is the invention of A. II. Morrow, Allegheny, Pa., and its to provide :i simple, cheap and effective device which can be readily applied to standard electric street railway oars without in any way interfering with the ordi
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