. The street railway review . e cars ofthis road when theywere being overhaul-ed and equipped withvestibules was the sub-stitution of I beamsfor truss rods for sup-porting the sills. Trussrods, it was found, al-lowed the cars to sag just at the ends where the rodswere tied in the sill. This was very noticeable on somecars. Six inch I beams were then put in, in the mannerindicated in the accompanving sketch. Thev add butlittle to. of a car but add considerable to itsstrength. ANTHONY N. BRADY. The connection of Anthony N. Bradv, who is nowpromoting the consolidation of several Brookl
. The street railway review . e cars ofthis road when theywere being overhaul-ed and equipped withvestibules was the sub-stitution of I beamsfor truss rods for sup-porting the sills. Trussrods, it was found, al-lowed the cars to sag just at the ends where the rodswere tied in the sill. This was very noticeable on somecars. Six inch I beams were then put in, in the mannerindicated in the accompanving sketch. Thev add butlittle to. of a car but add considerable to itsstrength. ANTHONY N. BRADY. The connection of Anthony N. Bradv, who is nowpromoting the consolidation of several Brooklyn roads,with the street railway business, dates back ten years,when, in Albany, where he spent his youth, he got con-trol of the horse lines, reorganized them and installedelectricity. Later, he formed a company to build a pat-ent track for street railways. Mr. Brady conceivedthe idea of the Columbus avenue cable and llie newLexington avenue system, recently opened in New Yorkby the Metropolitan Traction Company.
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