. The street railway review . ds aninvitation to all delegates to visit its exhibit at space 25, section inspect the Egry train dispatching and Egry w^ay-billing systenf **• Messrs. Bowers and Wampler, of the Peckham Manufacturing Co., as usual are making good with the ladies, this time by fur-nishing several automobiles to assist the fair guests in sightseeing and shopping tours. < » » Mr. Bell as director of exhibits is busy about all parts of thebuilding completing the details of the booth ararngements. 094 DAILY STRKKT EAILWAY KEVIEW. [ No.—Vol. XV, Ko. 9c. THE SCHOEN SOLID
. The street railway review . ds aninvitation to all delegates to visit its exhibit at space 25, section inspect the Egry train dispatching and Egry w^ay-billing systenf **• Messrs. Bowers and Wampler, of the Peckham Manufacturing Co., as usual are making good with the ladies, this time by fur-nishing several automobiles to assist the fair guests in sightseeing and shopping tours. < » » Mr. Bell as director of exhibits is busy about all parts of thebuilding completing the details of the booth ararngements. 094 DAILY STRKKT EAILWAY KEVIEW. [ No.—Vol. XV, Ko. 9c. THE SCHOEN SOLID PRESSED AND ROLLED STEELWHEEL. A subject wliich is confronting the railroads at the present timeand caUing for the most serious consideration by managers an 1motive power men in all quarters, is how to obtain a perfect carwheel. Involving as it does the safety of passengers, not to damages and delays which occur through the use of wheels inad-equate for the service they are called upon now-a-days to PRKSSING THE \NK the problem becomes more exacting daily as the capacities of cars,weights and speeds increase. For a time there was little efifort to strengthen the wheel propor-tionate with the increasing weight of car, axle, rail, etc., on accountof the track standards established, and the special work specified inthe cities. These conditions render it impossible on the majority of ^BS^^^ l^n^^^^m a^Bj rfj^^g^mK^gaj^Sgk ^■MH r^^l^^^lHJHH ^^H WSulm ^ -<^ V ^9^ ^■1H |tt|FJM«^SL.«Bi--tTl #« ^HKfTf ^^^ HiKi ^^^^H « ■ ROLLING THE WHEEL intcrurban roads to add more metal in the wheel at the point ofgreatest weakness, viz., the flange, and the only alternative must bethe use of a metal having higher tensile strength than cast iron. It is admitted that cast iron wheels are unsatisfactory in tbjheaviest modern service, but the use of steel tired wheels has been limited by reason of their cost and weight. To meet this conditionthe Sc
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