. Electric railway gazette . .Mr. Jones is one of the most valuable men con-nected with his company, and is very favorablyknown among street railway men. Mr. Edwin P. Sears, who represented Pratt &Letchworth, of Buffalo, was kept pretty busy withhis splendid exhibit of Buffalo hames, and tooka number of orders for his reliable house. Mr. John S. Pugh was on hand, as usual, look-ing after the interests of the Baltimore CarWheel company, for which he did some valuablework. Mr. Pughs face and burly figure areknown to about every street railway man in thisgreat and glorious country of ours. T. F.
. Electric railway gazette . .Mr. Jones is one of the most valuable men con-nected with his company, and is very favorablyknown among street railway men. Mr. Edwin P. Sears, who represented Pratt &Letchworth, of Buffalo, was kept pretty busy withhis splendid exhibit of Buffalo hames, and tooka number of orders for his reliable house. Mr. John S. Pugh was on hand, as usual, look-ing after the interests of the Baltimore CarWheel company, for which he did some valuablework. Mr. Pughs face and burly figure areknown to about every street railway man in thisgreat and glorious country of ours. T. F. Manning attended to the business ofMurphy & Co. Captain Eugene Griffin, of the Thomson-Houston Company, of Boston, was met in NewYork City early in the month. Aug. Day, of Detroit, paid a flying visit toChicago on the loth. Mrs. R. Dudley Frayser, of Memphis, accom-panied by her two charming daughters, has beenspending several weeks at the Hotel Bartholdiin New York. Their presence was much missedat the convention. J. (Copyrighted. November, 18S9.) Vol. IV. NOVEMBER, 1889. No. II Electric Railways. Omaha Motor Railway. The Omaha Motor Railway, at Omaha, Neb.,on the hne of which a car in operation is shownin the accompanying cut, is one of the largestand most important electric railways in theWest. Seven miles and a half of track wasthe original electrical equipment, but the satis-factory operation of the cars resulted in itsextension being made very soon after the firstcar was put in operation. In constructing theoverhead line the cross suspension method wasused, the conductor be-ing supported fromcross wires attached topoles placed at the curbline a distance of 120feet apart. The trackis laid with Johnsongirder rail with someexceptions in the out-lying districts wherethe streets are as yetnot paved ; in theseplaces T rail is em-ployed. All the railsare reinforced at thejoints by copper wires,insuring a perfect pathfor the return line combinesmany grades andcurves,t
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