. The street railway review . Street Railway, the TacomaRailway & Motor Company, the Detroit Citizens, theCalumet Electric, of Chicago, the Cedar Rapids &Marion, the Chicago & North Shore, and the Cicero &Proviso, Chicago, besides others too numerous to men-tion. (^|yied/lF(mWciy-j^Vl^ 2r,;$ TOWER WAGON. ONE of the most necessary conveniences possessedb)- the Bell City Company, of Racine, is ahandsome tower wagon, made by the FishBrothers Wagon Companj of that city. It is nugatoryto state the manifold advantages of tower wagons in gen-eral, as every live manager knows that prompt assistancein
. The street railway review . Street Railway, the TacomaRailway & Motor Company, the Detroit Citizens, theCalumet Electric, of Chicago, the Cedar Rapids &Marion, the Chicago & North Shore, and the Cicero &Proviso, Chicago, besides others too numerous to men-tion. (^|yied/lF(mWciy-j^Vl^ 2r,;$ TOWER WAGON. ONE of the most necessary conveniences possessedb)- the Bell City Company, of Racine, is ahandsome tower wagon, made by the FishBrothers Wagon Companj of that city. It is nugatoryto state the manifold advantages of tower wagons in gen-eral, as every live manager knows that prompt assistancein the case of a ground means the saving of dollarstowards the end of the street railway dividends. The Fish tower wagon is a beautiful vehicle with abody length of 8 feet, 5 inches, 14 inches deep with highseat for driver 4 feet wide. It is all brass mountedwith patrol steps in the rear and fenders over the hindwheels. A good loud gong gives notice of its approachand Manager Shewman says that two horses can make. FISH BROS. TOWER WAGON. race track time with the entire machine and three tower is of angle iron the width of the box by twofeet at base and thirteen and one-half feet high, windlass and pulley raises it to nineteen and one-halffeet. Four tool boxes well arranged in the bed and threemore in the tower give plenty of room for repair equip-ment. The wagon is strikingly painted with light orangebody and light cream running gear striped with gear is full platform. The Fish Brothers Companyis preparing to make an extensive canvass of railwaycompanies and the design will undoubtedly meet with ashearty approval from other managers as from It is stated the price at which Ross and McKenzietook the Montreal contract was $30,000 per mile includ-ing car equipment. WEST END TROLLEY. THE object of the peculiar form of construction ofthe trolley wheel here illustrated is to prevent theinconvenience caused by the dropping off of theflange when the gr
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