. The Street railway journal . ne at each end, giving anelevation of 2 ins. to avoid contact with paving plows are adjustable to a height of 9 ins. above therails. Folding wings or levelers are provided at the sides,and ice diggers operated by pedals in the floor of the cabare a part of the equipment. The car measures 18 ft. 9 ins. Four of the old Appleyard propertiesare now out of the hands of the UnitedStates Court, Judge Thompson having or-dered a final distribution of a balance of$386,966 to claims amounting to $2,000,-000. The Columbus, London & Spring-field has a balance of $4
. The Street railway journal . ne at each end, giving anelevation of 2 ins. to avoid contact with paving plows are adjustable to a height of 9 ins. above therails. Folding wings or levelers are provided at the sides,and ice diggers operated by pedals in the floor of the cabare a part of the equipment. The car measures 18 ft. 9 ins. Four of the old Appleyard propertiesare now out of the hands of the UnitedStates Court, Judge Thompson having or-dered a final distribution of a balance of$386,966 to claims amounting to $2,000,-000. The Columbus, London & Spring-field has a balance of $48, to bepaid on claims of $694,, which is 7per cent to the bondholders. For theColumbus, Grove City & Southwesternthe percentage is , the balance being$10, for claims of $95, of the Central Market StreetRailway will receive $8,256 on an aggregate of $269,643,or 3 per cent, while there is a balance of $154,382 forbondholders of the Urbana & Northern, who have claimsof $384, EXTERIOR OF PLOW FOR BALTIMORE over the body and 34 ft. 5 ins. over all; width over side sills,6 ft. io>4 ins.; length of shear plates, 12 ft. 4 ins. The trucksare of the Brill gear type and have a wheel base of 7 ft. Theweight of an entire equipriient, motors excepted, is 16,000 lbs. 222 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. 5. LONDON LETTER {From Our Regular Correspondent.)With the exception of two routes, the Bristol Road route,which was electrified some years ago by the owning company,and the route between Colemore Row and Hockley, which is atpresent operated by cable system, all the tramways of the cityof Birmingham, with the commencement of this year, passedinto the hands of the Birmingham Corporation, and are nowbeing operated by it under the able managership of Baker. During the past two years the work of convert-ing the various systems of traction which have been used in thiscity, has been steadily proceeding, Mr. Baker having been ap-pointed
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