. The Street railway journal . These shoes are forged into shape under heavy drop hammers, greatly condensiug the. iron and addinities, making it nearly equal to steel in durability. The distinctive feature of our system ofmanufacture is, that it produces a finishedshoe, calked, or plain, ready for attachingto the hoof. The crease is made low and the nailholes are puuched well in and beveled topermit the nailhead to be well driven in,reduciug the strain on the nails and insur-ing a firmly fastened shoe. The foot bearing of the shoe is level, tlmsmaterially aiding in the preservation of thehoof
. The Street railway journal . These shoes are forged into shape under heavy drop hammers, greatly condensiug the. iron and addinities, making it nearly equal to steel in durability. The distinctive feature of our system ofmanufacture is, that it produces a finishedshoe, calked, or plain, ready for attachingto the hoof. The crease is made low and the nailholes are puuched well in and beveled topermit the nailhead to be well driven in,reduciug the strain on the nails and insur-ing a firmly fastened shoe. The foot bearing of the shoe is level, tlmsmaterially aiding in the preservation of thehoof. It is not ne essaiy to heat theorder to fit it. There are no welds in the shoe to break,the calks being solid fogged up from The shoes have a good substantial > clipdrawn up from metal driven outside theregular outlines of the shoe for that pur-pose. The outer edge of the clip, whendrawn up, coinciding with the outlines ofthe shoe, requires no robbing of the hoofwall to let in the clip. Among the street railways using ourshoes are. the Third Avenue B. E. Co.,Eighth Avenue E. E. Co., Broadway &Seventh Avenue E. E, Co. of New Yorkcity; Bushwick E. E. Co., Brooklyn Cityand Newtown E. E. Co. of Brooklyn; Phila-delphia Traction Co., Citizens PassengerE. E. Co., Second & Third Street E, of Philadelphia; Metropolitan E. B, in \ZT~ JKaSf 01 Washington, D. C.; North Chicago E. E. Co , Chicago City E. E. Co., WestDivision E. E. Co. of Chicago, El.; NewOrleans City & Lake E. E. Co. of New Or-leans, La. We present illustrations of some of themany designs of shoes manufactured by Calked Shoe. A good, strong, reliable shoe to have on hand. The calks will not come off. Always ready to n
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