. Electric railway review . ents properrebonding. Therefore the rail bond at first installed is leftcarrying several times its proper load, regardless of thefact that it has been strained and cracked by constant ham-mering of wheels and has been niore or less corroded on Itscontact surfaces or burned from overload. The bonding problem confronted the Oakland TractionConsolidated road at Oakland, Cal., after the earthquake lastspring, as San Franciscos terrible disaster caused a largeincrease in the population of Oakland and surroimding towns,and trains running at 40 miles per hour were so frequ
. Electric railway review . ents properrebonding. Therefore the rail bond at first installed is leftcarrying several times its proper load, regardless of thefact that it has been strained and cracked by constant ham-mering of wheels and has been niore or less corroded on Itscontact surfaces or burned from overload. The bonding problem confronted the Oakland TractionConsolidated road at Oakland, Cal., after the earthquake lastspring, as San Franciscos terrible disaster caused a largeincrease in the population of Oakland and surroimding towns,and trains running at 40 miles per hour were so frequent onthe Key Route that it was impossible to do any track workduring the day. The problem was still further complicated by the factthat heavy guard rails on each side of the service rails pre-vented the easy removal of the joint plates and made it prac-tically impossible to get them back into place if they wereremoved. The management decided at first to test bondssoldered to the head of the rail, which however were rapidly. Joint with Plastic Plug Bond. I announce the death of an active member of our association,Mr. Feeney of New Jersey- Mr. Feeney attended the con-vention last year and took an active part in the I did not have the advantage of a long personal ac-quaintance with him, I know from authorized reports that wehave sustained a deep loss. The papers to be presented at this convention are par-ticularly interesting and valuable, a credit to the associationand to the speakers. The assuciation invites a free discussionon both the papers and the Question Box, so that we will allderive interest and benefit therefrom. In conclusion, I wish to thank the members of the execu-tive committee and of the association for their loyalty and co-operation and I sincerely trust that to all fellow-workers pres-ent, the convention will prove to be a most successful one. The semi-steel insert brakcshoe manufactured by theSpear & Miller Company, of Chicago, has met with h
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