. The Street railway journal . POLE ARRESTER FOR ALTER-NATING-CURRENTCIRCUITS NEW STEEL CAR DEPARTMENT OF THE ST. LOUIS CARCOMPANY The St. Louis Car Company has added a new departmentto its organization. It is known as the steel car departmentand will occupy two new buildings, one of which has alreadyboen constructed, and another now being erected. One ofthe buildings will be equipped with punches, shears, and othernecessary machinery, while the newer one will be used exclu-sively as an erecting shop. The steel cars, after being erected,will be painted and finished in the department where simi
. The Street railway journal . POLE ARRESTER FOR ALTER-NATING-CURRENTCIRCUITS NEW STEEL CAR DEPARTMENT OF THE ST. LOUIS CARCOMPANY The St. Louis Car Company has added a new departmentto its organization. It is known as the steel car departmentand will occupy two new buildings, one of which has alreadyboen constructed, and another now being erected. One ofthe buildings will be equipped with punches, shears, and othernecessary machinery, while the newer one will be used exclu-sively as an erecting shop. The steel cars, after being erected,will be painted and finished in the department where similarwork is done on cars of semi-steel and wood all-steel-bottom framing of the St. Louis Car Company,which might be said to have been the first step towards theconstruction of steel cars by the company, is now geiierally. SIX(;LE-I KLCK, J)()Li! CAR FOR JACKSON, M1S,S. used on all the companys cars of wood body proving the merits of this steel-bottom framing, thecompany began the manufacture of cars of semi-steel con-struction, and the creation of the new steel car department isthe result of a determined effort on the part of the St. LouisCar Company to lead in the construction of all-steel cars forboth electric and steam service. In view of the favorable ex-perience gained thus far with steel cars built for subway ser-vice, it is likelv that they will soon find a wider field. April 14, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 611 FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE The Money Market There has been no improvement in the monetary situation dur-ing the week. On the contrary, the market has worked firmer, ifanything, despite the liquidation in the stock market, and heavyofferings of funds by foreign bankers against exchange trans-actions. Money on call in the open market has ranged between6 and 30
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