. The Street railway journal . firmly to the base-plate. The strain isso evenly divided that the complete shoe isas rigid as though made in oi:e piece ; whilethe two parts thus combined are no heavierthan an ordinary shoe of correspondingsize-number. This shoe has been in constant use dur-ing the two past winters, with a view tothoroughly testing and perfecting its prac-tical efficiency, before presenting it to thegeneral public, and the manufacturers claiman assured success. • Dr. A. C. Hawes, Noroton, Conn. Andrews & Clooneys New Car Spring. We show in cuts a new Street Car Spring,*which, af
. The Street railway journal . firmly to the base-plate. The strain isso evenly divided that the complete shoe isas rigid as though made in oi:e piece ; whilethe two parts thus combined are no heavierthan an ordinary shoe of correspondingsize-number. This shoe has been in constant use dur-ing the two past winters, with a view tothoroughly testing and perfecting its prac-tical efficiency, before presenting it to thegeneral public, and the manufacturers claiman assured success. • Dr. A. C. Hawes, Noroton, Conn. Andrews & Clooneys New Car Spring. We show in cuts a new Street Car Spring,*which, after years of experimenting and ex-perience, the makers claim to have broughtto perfection, or as near it as is possible to • Andrews & Clonney, 53i to 551 West 33d Street,and 6S3 to 558 West 34tn street, New York. arrive. The great aim has been to get aspring that would carry the car as well whenempty as with the heaviest load, and rideequally as well under all the varying loadsstreet cars are subjected It is a combination oE rubber and steel,which is thonght by many railway men tobe the best way to hang a car to accomplisheasy riding and quiet; springs of this styleand make have run ten years and longer. Progress in Running Street Cars byElectricity. The Van Depoele Electric ManufactuiiugCo., of Chicago, are steadily making pro-gress in running street cars by South Bend BaUway Co., of SouthBend, Ind., is equipping all its cars torun by this new power. The electrical gen-erators are run by water power, conse-quently the expense of nmning cars isnominal. The Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minne-tonka Ry. Co., of MinneapoUs, Minn., isputting in the Van Depoele system; the elec-tricity being generated at one of the largePillsbui-y flour mills. It is to be runningbefore the first of January, when it is ex-pected that electricity will take the jalaceof steam on that road. An extensive plant is also being put in atDetroit, Mich. We copy the foUowing from South BendIr
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