. The Street railway journal . e considered at the Cleveland meeting, principally inthe distance between pedestal guides. The recommenda-tions of Mr. Weston were referred to a committee consist-ing of Messrs. Blake, representing the committee, and Adams, Weston, Thorpe, Boyer and Fritz, representingthe truck manufacturers present. The subject of brake shoes was then considered and the would be unwilling to agree to anything the committee mightadopt, but he thought the question should be determined bycommittee as a whole rather than by the sub-committee. Hisreason was that in the smaller s
. The Street railway journal . e considered at the Cleveland meeting, principally inthe distance between pedestal guides. The recommenda-tions of Mr. Weston were referred to a committee consist-ing of Messrs. Blake, representing the committee, and Adams, Weston, Thorpe, Boyer and Fritz, representingthe truck manufacturers present. The subject of brake shoes was then considered and the would be unwilling to agree to anything the committee mightadopt, but he thought the question should be determined bycommittee as a whole rather than by the sub-committee. Hisreason was that in the smaller sizes of trucks made byhis company these dimensions would add some weight tothe trucks. On the other hand, the committee in its ma-jority report had been able to agree on dimensions for thesides and the tops for all four journals. That was a verydesirable thing. In answer to an inquiry as to what the increase wouldamount to Mr. Thorpe said that he could not tell exactly,because it had not been decided whether it would be better. /rfor/va*- - op ^s. -r X £ £B/lii/e-^a/or- & 6S°ft £g/ Ax/<r /i P af/*7or-l-L it -n- *»v .^To/rj cesser h c<rnfc*~ of •^bcj^^tp/sIgflr/ /esj^fc Or era// 4U fC/lx/e - Aof/fetor-Zoo /» /So\ !. £C/*x/e - /I e ef/Voter - /SO /o 2oa Si IT1L SB -76 ,. fP/txik /tfiefAtoAir ?oo/b2£o. So— £-3 - I SUGGESTED DIMENSIONS FOR AXLESdiscussion hinged mainly upon whether one or more stand- to widen out thards should be employed. Mr. Evans explained that theopinion has been gaining ground very rapidly in the Westthat companies are using wheels with too narrow a believed that the committee would do well to recom-mend a brake shoe which would care for a tread of 3 over, and if a brake shoe and tread for a narrowertread should be adopted it ought to be only for temporaryuse. Mr. Sargent and Mr. Page discussed this subject atlength, the latter stating that on many of his properties a2^-in. tread was being used where formerly a 2%-in
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