. The Street railway journal . r. McDonaldordered a halt here, and the cars were turned back. At I22dStreet the passengers alighted and got into buses, in whichthey crossed to Claremont for luncheon. Here toasts wereoffered by members of the party. Mayor McClellan personallythanked Mr. McDonald for a very pleasant afternoon, for theopportunity of seeing a great work which is now so nearlycompleted, and in the name of the city wished Mr. McDonaldall health, prosperity and happiness, and expressed the hopethat as time rolls on the debt which the city owes to will ever increase. 76 ST
. The Street railway journal . r. McDonaldordered a halt here, and the cars were turned back. At I22dStreet the passengers alighted and got into buses, in whichthey crossed to Claremont for luncheon. Here toasts wereoffered by members of the party. Mayor McClellan personallythanked Mr. McDonald for a very pleasant afternoon, for theopportunity of seeing a great work which is now so nearlycompleted, and in the name of the city wished Mr. McDonaldall health, prosperity and happiness, and expressed the hopethat as time rolls on the debt which the city owes to will ever increase. 76 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 2. COMBINATION SNOW-PLOW AND FREIGHT CAR The J. G. Brill Company has delivered the heavy tvpe com-bination double-end nose snow-plow and freight car, shownin the illustration, to the Olean Street Railway Company, ofOlean, N. Y. The car without motors weighs about 25,000lbs., and is probably the heaviest snow-fighting machine everput on an electric railway. The builders have furnished com-. COMBINATION SNOW-PLOW AND FREIGHT CAR binations of snow-plows and freight cars to several roads, butthis is said to be the first car of the kind to have a completelyenclosed body. The plow is intended for use on the recently-constructed 5-mile extension to Shingle House, Pa., which isover private right of way, and the nature of the ground tendsto render the lines liable to dee]) snow drifts. The plows, shear boards and wings are readily removableand the car made ready for freight and locomotive enable long pieces of freight to be handled advantageously,38-in. doors are provided at diagonally opposite corners, which upon which they are raised vertically by means of stout chainspassing over sheaves upon shafts, which are revolved by largehorizontal hand wheels geared to the shafts. When the plowsare removed, heavy channel-iron draw-bars are installed withbar slides. The body framing is unusually strong, as reference to thediagram will show. The
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