. The Street railway journal . book also contains a pictureof the young Japanese. It is profusely and handsomelyillustrated with numerous half-tones of scenes at the localresorts and in addition contains two fine illustrations in of these is of the entrance at John Ball Park, with theSpanish trophy cannon, and gives a view of flower beds andfoliage done in colors. The other, an equally artistic produc-tion, is a view of the car landing at Reeds Lake. The last il-lustration is of a neatly drawn female figure representing MissGrand Rapids. Illustrations of the various lake attractions
. The Street railway journal . book also contains a pictureof the young Japanese. It is profusely and handsomelyillustrated with numerous half-tones of scenes at the localresorts and in addition contains two fine illustrations in of these is of the entrance at John Ball Park, with theSpanish trophy cannon, and gives a view of flower beds andfoliage done in colors. The other, an equally artistic produc-tion, is a view of the car landing at Reeds Lake. The last il-lustration is of a neatly drawn female figure representing MissGrand Rapids. Illustrations of the various lake attractionsare also shown. I 10 STREET RAILWAY* JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 3. FORGED STEEL TRUCK THE NILES-BEMENT-POND COMPANY AT THE ST. LOUIS FAIR The accompanying illustrations show a new type of short-wheel-base truck, a pair of which have recently been placed inservice on the Worcester & Webster division of the Consoli-dated Railway Company. The trucks were designed by W. and were constructed by the Standard Steel Car Com-. SHOKX WHEEL-BASE OE FORGED STEEL TRUCK pany, of Pittsburg, Pa. They are somewhat similar in designto those described in the issue of June 25, 1904. One feature of special interest is the use of equalizer bars ina short wheel-base truck having the motors suspended outsideof the wheel base. The equalizer springs are located betweenthe equalizer bars and close to the side of the journal brake-shoes are hung from brackets, which are secured tothe equalizer bars so that the shoes retain a fixed height onthe wheels. The journal boxes and bearings are of the forkedcheck-plate type. The boxes are planed inside to one exactwidth, and the bearings are planed to a width 1-32 in. less thanthe boxes. Although the bearings are fitted so closely to theboxes, the construction is such that they have ample move-ment required to prevent binding and heating. The boxes are
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