. The Street railway journal . e of inside trusses, and have the additionaladvantage of stiffening the posts. The end sills are 5*4 ins. x6% ins., the corner posts 3% ins., the side posts 3^4 ins-, andthe sweep of the posts 1)4 ins- The cars are mounted on thebuilders No. 27-G type of truck, having a 4-ft. wheel base,33-in. wheels and 4-in. axles. Four motors of 25 hp each areused per car, and the total weight of a car with trucks, motors,etc., is 34,140 lbs. THE SAFETY BRAKE-SHOE The accompanying illustration shows a new brake-shoe re-cently brought out by W. W. Whitcomb,the brake-shoe expert
. The Street railway journal . e of inside trusses, and have the additionaladvantage of stiffening the posts. The end sills are 5*4 ins. x6% ins., the corner posts 3% ins., the side posts 3^4 ins-, andthe sweep of the posts 1)4 ins- The cars are mounted on thebuilders No. 27-G type of truck, having a 4-ft. wheel base,33-in. wheels and 4-in. axles. Four motors of 25 hp each areused per car, and the total weight of a car with trucks, motors,etc., is 34,140 lbs. THE SAFETY BRAKE-SHOE The accompanying illustration shows a new brake-shoe re-cently brought out by W. W. Whitcomb,the brake-shoe expert of Boston, and en-titled by him the Safety. The feature ofthis shoe is the fact that extending length-wise through the casting are two pliablesteel rods which will hold the parts to-gether, in case of fracture, and preventtheir falling beneath the car. These rods are not cast into the shoe, butare forced through holes provided in thecasting. In this way the inventor claimsthat strains are avoided and the shoe ismore The Old Colony Street Railway Com- SAFETY^ BRA KE-pany has increased the rate of fare on someof its lines. The fare from Brockton to New Bedford is 50cents, as against 35 cents before Jan. 1, and the fare to Tauntonfrom Brockton is 25 cents, as against 20 cents. General Man-ager Goff, of the company, says that street railways cannot beoperated on a fare of less than il/2 cents a mile. January 14, STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 95 FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE Wall Street, Jan. 11, 1905. The Money Market The money market continues to show extreme ease in all itsdepartments, and despite the unfavorable showing made by thehanks on last Saturday, and the continued exports of gold toEurope and South America, rates for all maturities during theweek have ruled at the lowest points attained for several months,and, according to some of the local bankers, there is nothing inthe situation at the present time to warrant the expectation ofany material improvement in the nea
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