. The Street railway journal . t of metal in theentire gear is about the same as in the ordinary type. There is,however, a considerable saving to users of this gear, becausewhen the rims are worn out they can be replaced without buy-ing a new hub. The great advantage of this type, however, isin the saving of time and labor in replacing the gears. The caris simply run over the pit, and one man with one wrench can re-move the old rims and replace them with new ones in less thanan hour, as the nuts and bolts are all of the same size. This gear is the result of a long series of experiments underre
. The Street railway journal . t of metal in theentire gear is about the same as in the ordinary type. There is,however, a considerable saving to users of this gear, becausewhen the rims are worn out they can be replaced without buy-ing a new hub. The great advantage of this type, however, isin the saving of time and labor in replacing the gears. The caris simply run over the pit, and one man with one wrench can re-move the old rims and replace them with new ones in less thanan hour, as the nuts and bolts are all of the same size. This gear is the result of a long series of experiments underregular operating conditions. At the present time it is in serviceon the lines of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey,whose engineers have watched its successful development withconsiderable interest. MORE SEMI-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR CHICAGO The Calumet Electric Street Railway Company, of Chicago,has lately added to its equipment fifteen combination passengerand smoking cars cf the Brill semi-convertible type built by the. SEMI-CONVERTIBLE COMBINATION PASSENGER AND SMOKINGCAR FOR THE CALUMET ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAYCOMPANY G. C. Kuhlman Car Company, of Cleveland. These cars aresimilar to a lot of fifteen built by the J. G. Brill Company twoyears ago. The railway company operates 90 miles of lines, giv-ing direct rapid transit from the center of the city to various partsof South Chicago, outlying districts of that section and the subur-ban towns beyond. Fast schedules are maintained and a largebusiness is done from the farthest points. The new cars are 31 ft. 8 ins. long over the end panels and 44 ft.
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