. The street railway review . are twooutlets in the small hopper, which both lead to the chute to therail. By thus taking the sand in two directions and in small quan-tities, the sand is broken up if in lumps or damp, clogging is pre-vented and the resistance offered to working is unifoim and light. It is claimed for this device that it will work wet or dry andalso small stone. The parts that would be liable to break if madeof cast iron all made of wrought iron. Aug. is, 1901.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 519 A NEW TRUCK COMPANY. The Dorner Truck & Foundry Co., which has purchased a plan
. The street railway review . are twooutlets in the small hopper, which both lead to the chute to therail. By thus taking the sand in two directions and in small quan-tities, the sand is broken up if in lumps or damp, clogging is pre-vented and the resistance offered to working is unifoim and light. It is claimed for this device that it will work wet or dry andalso small stone. The parts that would be liable to break if madeof cast iron all made of wrought iron. Aug. is, 1901.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 519 A NEW TRUCK COMPANY. The Dorner Truck & Foundry Co., which has purchased a plantat Logansport, Ind., is a reorganization of the old Dorner Truck-Si Manufacturing of Cleveland, O., Mr. H. A. Dorner of theold company being associated with local business men. The com-• pany has ample capital to run the business on a large scale andwill engage in the manufacture of the well-known Dorner cleaners, fenders, car wheels, brake slioes and ntlier streel ST. LOUIS CAR COS. CONVERTIBLE FACTORY OF DORNER COMPANY. railway supplies in this line. Mr. Dorner will liave charge of thesales department. A representative of the Review recently inspected tlie plant ofthe company and found everything in fine shape. The machineand truck shop is 65x175 ft., the foundry 50x200 ft., blacksmith shop35x75 ft. The machinery is all modern and the shops are wellequipped to turn out work rapidly and of the best quality. Theshipping facilities are excellent, a side-track running into the yardsof the Wabash road and connecting with five divisions of the Penn-sylvania, the Vandalia and Eel River railroads. The officers of the company are: President, S. B. Boyer; vice-president. George Ash; secretary and treasurer. J. C. Hadley; su-perintendent, H. A. Dorner. WILLARD STORAGE BATTERIES. .•kt the present time, Messrs. Sipe & Siglcr, of Cleveland, O.,makers of the Willard storage batteries, have under way 12 largeplants of Willard batteries including street railway b
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