. The street railway review . derailment of the trolley wheel. It is light in weight, and does not re-quire span wires to attach it to the trolley wire. A patent mechanicalclip is supplied so that no solder is required. It is specially adaptedfor difficult switches where a high speed frog is needed, and is madeboth right and left hand. Mr. Wightman also had samples of his im-proved rail bonds. The Baltimore Car Wheel Company, Baltimore, was representedby J. Paul Baker, secretary, and by an exhibit of the Whittinghamelectric heater. The company made no exhibit of its cable andelectric motor tru
. The street railway review . derailment of the trolley wheel. It is light in weight, and does not re-quire span wires to attach it to the trolley wire. A patent mechanicalclip is supplied so that no solder is required. It is specially adaptedfor difficult switches where a high speed frog is needed, and is madeboth right and left hand. Mr. Wightman also had samples of his im-proved rail bonds. The Baltimore Car Wheel Company, Baltimore, was representedby J. Paul Baker, secretary, and by an exhibit of the Whittinghamelectric heater. The company made no exhibit of its cable andelectric motor trucks, flexible suspended car gear, chilled wheels, orthe Blackistone automatic fender and wheel guard The Whitting-ham electric heater, which has been described in the Review, pre-sents a large radiating surface as the wires are enclosed in cast ironpipes that are attached to the seat riser, the entire length of the W. T. Bonner, Montreal, who is Canadian representative of theBabcock & Wilcox Company, and Goubert Manufacturing Companywith works at Belleville, Out., had several models of feed water heaters and a Strattcjn steam separator. Frank Thayer, and H. M. Mont-gomery, of the lioubert Company, were also at the convention. The Barney & Smith Car Co., Dayton, O., had a model of its newtruck, in charge of William Voss, who was kept busy explaining itsmany excellent points. No small disappointment was occasioned onaccount of the absence of General Superintendent Kittridge. L. B. Collins, secretary, had a well-arranged exhibit of the productsof the Stever Rail Joint Company, Cleveland. The joint is made incast steel, or malleable iron for any kind of rail, and has been adoptedby a large number of street railways. The illustration shows thejoint in position on all varieties of rail. The H. W. Johns Manufacturing Company, New York, had head-quarters m a hotel parlor, and was represented by
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