. The street railway review . oints infavor of the well known engines of that name. The greatincrease of business and the late improvements in thevarious lines of their trade speak well for the enterpriseof the managers and the excellence of their of their specialties is engines for electric railways,and the array of prominent electric roads north, south,cast and west using them, is a very strong recommenda-tion for the same. Their foreign trade has grealK-increased in this line. TiiK Supply Company, Chicago, whoin the dissemination of unique advertising matter ar
. The street railway review . oints infavor of the well known engines of that name. The greatincrease of business and the late improvements in thevarious lines of their trade speak well for the enterpriseof the managers and the excellence of their of their specialties is engines for electric railways,and the array of prominent electric roads north, south,cast and west using them, is a very strong recommenda-tion for the same. Their foreign trade has grealK-increased in this line. TiiK Supply Company, Chicago, whoin the dissemination of unique advertising matter arefairly entitled to the title of art publishers, have justmailed their friends a tasty little leaflet illustrating theirnew quarters on Michigan avenue— The largest build-ing devoted to the sate of electrical supplies in the world. The H. W. Johns Manufacturing Company is thestyle of the new corporation combining the old firm ofthe same name, and the Chalmers-Spence Company-,New York ; the Asbestos Packing Company and The Shultz Belting Company has done a rushingbusiness this season. Among some of their shipmentsare two 48 inch belts, one 123 feet long to Clinton, Mass.,and one 120 feet long to Beaver Falls, Pa. Besides thisevidence of business, other large orders count in 450 feetof 30 inch and nineteen 10 inch and 14 inch belts to NewYork City, also 11,500 feet of belting have been shippedto Liverpool, Eng., during the past month, and they arenow completing 310 feet of 72 inch heavy double for theSt. Louis & Suburban Railway Companj-. W. Trainor & Company, Boston ; and the Shields &Brown Company, Chicago. This firm will control almostthe entire asbestos trade in America. They intend tocheapen products b} reducing expenses. H. W. Johns isPresident, and G. P. Erhard, Secretarv- The Northern Car Company is evidentlj- not with-out honor in its own country, for the Minneapolis StreetRailway have just put in sersice twenty new 18-foot carsbuilt for use on the electric line
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