. The Street railway journal . lers allow forturning curves by a swivel movement in the coupling itself, theMcLaughlin couplers being adapted for the extremely short curve 628 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. i6. found in street railway practice are entirely rigid at the point ofcoupling, and allow almost no play. The swiveling of the coupleris back under the car at the point of attachment. Charles H. Mc-Laughlin, president of the company, and James T. Riley were itsrepresentatives. THE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT COMPANY,of Cincinnati, had an exhibit of its extensive variety of line ma
. The Street railway journal . lers allow forturning curves by a swivel movement in the coupling itself, theMcLaughlin couplers being adapted for the extremely short curve 628 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. i6. found in street railway practice are entirely rigid at the point ofcoupling, and allow almost no play. The swiveling of the coupleris back under the car at the point of attachment. Charles H. Mc-Laughlin, president of the company, and James T. Riley were itsrepresentatives. THE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT COMPANY,of Cincinnati, had an exhibit of its extensive variety of line ma-terial and general supplies in the space of the Morris ElectricCompany, which represents it in the East. Phil Harten was in con-stant attendance, representing the Electric Railway EquipmentCompany. JOHN HOWARD YARDLEY, of Philadelphia, secretary ofthe Keystone Car Wheel Company, of Pittsburgh, was in attend-ance, looking after the interests of his company, and, as usual, hadsomething pleasant to say to all of his old EXHIBIT OF THE ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERY CO. J. D. EDWARDS, of 324 Second Street, N. E., Washington,D. C, showed a model of a new automatic switch, of which he isthe inventor. J. P. HEIL. manager of the Heil Rail-Joint Welding Company,of Milwaukee, was among the convention visitors. THE DIAMOND STATE STEEL COMPANY, of Wilming-ton, Del., exhibited the Churchill patent rail-joints, the Diamondtie-plate, the Diamond spike and railroad track fastenings ofvarious kinds. J, A. Parker was in attendance. THE FRANKLIN INCANDESCENT LAMP COMPANY,of Boston, which is making a special Femco incandescent lampfor railway circuits, was represented by Jonathan Camp,, manager,who found many opportunities to present the ad\ antages of hislamp to street railway managers. DRAKE, BREED & COMPANY, engineers and contractors,of Philadelphia, were represented by F. S. Drake and GeorgeBreed, both members of the firm. It was this firm that secured thecontract for the construction of
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