. The street railway review . oved to Chicago to become vicc-iiresident andgeneral manager of the West Chicago Street , where heremained for 10 years, until he returned to Philadelphia. We join Mr. Parsons host of friends in -svishing his continuedsuccess. •-•-• Tlie Rock River Construction Company has taken the contractto build the Rock River Electric Railway connecting Rockford,the county seat of Winnebago county. 111., with Oregon, thecounty seat of Ogle county; the distance is about 20 miles. Tlie accompanying reproductions from photograplis illustrateail important labor saving de
. The street railway review . oved to Chicago to become vicc-iiresident andgeneral manager of the West Chicago Street , where heremained for 10 years, until he returned to Philadelphia. We join Mr. Parsons host of friends in -svishing his continuedsuccess. •-•-• Tlie Rock River Construction Company has taken the contractto build the Rock River Electric Railway connecting Rockford,the county seat of Winnebago county. 111., with Oregon, thecounty seat of Ogle county; the distance is about 20 miles. Tlie accompanying reproductions from photograplis illustrateail important labor saving device made by the Jeffrey Manufact-uring Company, of Columbus, O., which is extensively applied intlie industry of preparing railway ties and putting them on themarket. This hoist is a conveyor, constructed with a roller chain carry-ing spurs at intervals and running in a shallow troughand con-sists of two sections, the first extending from the Kanawhariver to tlie top of the steep bank, a distance of about ft., and. JEl-FREV TIE HOIST, the second, from the upper end of the first, a distance of 250 the level and parallel with a railroad track. The ties are floated down the river and gathered into a boom atthe foot of the hoist, which extends into the water a sufficientdistance to admit of tlie floating ties being placed on the spursof the moving chain. At the top of the bank the ties are deliv-ered to the second section automatically and conveyed to the cars<iu which tliey are loaded with but little effort. The use of the roller chain for this service reduces the frictioni<i the minimum and insures the long life of the wearing \ small crew of men can handle from .800 to £H)0 ties per illustrations show the incline section from the river, theloading platform with empty cars alongside and the same plat-form after the cars have been loaded. :io ^WsX^^o\\^\mr OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTANTSCONVENTION. Sccrelary W. K. Brockway has issueil hi
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