. The Street railway journal . Gas & Fuel Company, 150 miles; Newton& Watertown Gas & Water Company, of Newton, Mass., 2miles; Natural Gas Company of West Virginia, at Wheeling,40 miles; Pennsylvania Natural Gas Company, of Erie, Pa., 50miles; Northwest Ohio Natural Gas Company, near Canton, Akron and Massillon, etc. Tests of the insulation resistanceprovided by these couplings in pipes parallel to electric railwayreturn circuits have been made in Wheeling, by WilliamBrophy, of Boston; in Bradford, by J. H. Rose, and in othercities, and seem to prove the claims made by the fr
. The Street railway journal . Gas & Fuel Company, 150 miles; Newton& Watertown Gas & Water Company, of Newton, Mass., 2miles; Natural Gas Company of West Virginia, at Wheeling,40 miles; Pennsylvania Natural Gas Company, of Erie, Pa., 50miles; Northwest Ohio Natural Gas Company, near Canton, Akron and Massillon, etc. Tests of the insulation resistanceprovided by these couplings in pipes parallel to electric railwayreturn circuits have been made in Wheeling, by WilliamBrophy, of Boston; in Bradford, by J. H. Rose, and in othercities, and seem to prove the claims made by the frequency of the couplings varies from 2 to 3 to the mileup to one every 400 ft. or 500 ft. NEW CARS FOR MEMPHIS, TENN. The American Car Company, of St. Louis, recently deliveredto the Memphis Street Railway twelve closed cars like the oneshown in the engraving. The railway company operates allthe lines in Memphis, upwards of 100 miles of track in all, andemploys about 200 cars. The city is the largest in the State,. STANDARD TYPE OF CLOSED CAR USED IN MEMPHIS, TENN. having a population of about 120,000, and rapidly growing. Itis the most important commercial center between St. Louisand New Orleans. The car interiors are finished in cherry, with decorated maplethree-ply veneer ceilings, which, with the spring cane uphol-stered longitudinal seats, give a bright and attractive appear-ance. As the streets of Memphis through which the cars runare narrow in places and there is a liability of vehicles collid-ing with the cars, six-bar window guards are used to protectpassengers when the windows are lowered. Narrow awningsare attached to rods which follow the configuration of thehoods. The general dimensions of the cars are as follows: Length
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