. The Street railway journal . de frame, which affords inde-pendent lateral movement to the axle boxes. 696,627. Car Truck; E. A. Curtis, Chicago, 111. App. filed June5, 1901. A special construction of the equalizer bars whereby inthe process of casting equal and uniform strength is securedthroughout. 696,641. Car Truck; W. M. Johns, Dayton, Ohio. App. filedJan. 4, 1902. The truck frame is in one integral piece. 696,653. Brake for Vehicles; W. G. Price, Kingston, N. filed July 13, 1899. The frictional engagement between twodisks centered upon the axle furnishes the braking force. Thesed
. The Street railway journal . de frame, which affords inde-pendent lateral movement to the axle boxes. 696,627. Car Truck; E. A. Curtis, Chicago, 111. App. filed June5, 1901. A special construction of the equalizer bars whereby inthe process of casting equal and uniform strength is securedthroughout. 696,641. Car Truck; W. M. Johns, Dayton, Ohio. App. filedJan. 4, 1902. The truck frame is in one integral piece. 696,653. Brake for Vehicles; W. G. Price, Kingston, N. filed July 13, 1899. The frictional engagement between twodisks centered upon the axle furnishes the braking force. Thesedisks have four independent points of contact, which are self-adjusting with respect to the opposing faces, which permits of therocking of the parts in order to compensate for inequalities ofthe mechanism. 696,741. Motor Car; J. G. Matthews, Three Rivers, Mich. Sept. 7, 1900. An explosive engine is located on each sideof the car and between two car wheels; two pistons in the engineconnect respectively with the PATENT NOS. 696,901 AND 696,408 696,752. Means for Automatically Controlling Car Motors andBrakes; J. H. Robertson, New York, N. Y. App. filed July The power is shut off and the brake applied automaticallywhen the motorman, for any reason, steps off an auxiliary plat-form upon which he ordinarily stands in controlling the car. 696,901. Car Brake; C. B. Fairchild, New York, N. Y. July 2, 1901. The brake levers are moved by rotating a drumwhich is under the control of the motorman, who pulls on an end-less rope passing around the drum. ENGINEERING SOCIETIES THE NEW YORK RAILROAD CLUB.—The Club will holdits regular monthly meeting at 349 Madison Avenue, on the eve-ning of Thursday, April 17, at 8 p. m. The paper of the evening willbe entitled Maximum Trains; Their Relation to Track, MotivePower and Traffic, and will be presented by E. E. R. Tratman. It is greatly desired at this meeting that street railway men take anactive part in the
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