. The street railway review . ht of the wire, G. W. Knox, the electrician, hasdesigned specially large hangers—about one-third largerthan the ordinary. These are being made by A. & J. The clips for holding the wire are also ofMr. special design and are about one foot long. IN AGRICULTURAL BOSTON. The Boston street car conductors rarely add the word street in calling the thoroughfares. The other day asa car passed Water street the conductor shouted Waterand a gentleman from the rural districts, who sat midwayof the car, glanced anxiously toward the rear. It was ahot day, and
. The street railway review . ht of the wire, G. W. Knox, the electrician, hasdesigned specially large hangers—about one-third largerthan the ordinary. These are being made by A. & J. The clips for holding the wire are also ofMr. special design and are about one foot long. IN AGRICULTURAL BOSTON. The Boston street car conductors rarely add the word street in calling the thoroughfares. The other day asa car passed Water street the conductor shouted Waterand a gentleman from the rural districts, who sat midwayof the car, glanced anxiously toward the rear. It was ahot day, and possibly he thought the conductor was suf-fering from thirst or on the point of sunstroke. The carrolled along to the next street, and the conductorshouted Milk. The rural gentlemen hastily openedhis valise and fished out a bottle of milk. Waving ittriumphantly in the air, he shouted: Here ye are,mister. Charles Jenkinson has been appointed superintendentof the Mobile, Ala., Street Railway Company. ^ftjieAv\aAMhf\^^ 547. K. .t I. BRIDGE COMPANY S LINES—STEAM AND ELECTRIC TRAFFIC COMBINED. KENTUCKY AND INDIANA BRIDGETRAFFIC. Last month we gave an account of the interurbanbusiness of the Kentucky & Indiana Bridge Companybetween Louisville, Kentucky and New Albany, electric trains are run in the intervals between thefreight and through passenger trains. We show here-with some views along the line, which arrived too latefor our July issue. The bridge and approaches are sin-gle track and the balance of the interurban route isdouble track. The total length is miles. An aver-age of 270 trains a day are run, of which 141 are elec-tric. The electric interurban trains connect with the NewAlbany Railway, controlled by the same MacLeod is superintendent. QUARTER CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. The twenty-tifih annual celebration of the founding ofthe American Electrical Works, of Providence, R. I.,was fitly observed by an elaborate clam dinner, whichwas the sev
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