. Electric railway journal . uringCompany as car engineer and Mr. Crane will act asconsulting engineer. Compilations just completed show that the Pennsyl-vania Railroad Company had on April 1, exactly 89,602shareholders who held an average of is an increase of 12,756 as compared with April 1,1913, and is the largest number of shareholders thePennsylvania has ever had. There are 30,240 stock-holders of the railroad in the State of Pennsylvania,New York has 15,298, New England 16,612, foreigncountries 11,784, while 15,668 are scattered. spring in the holding-down device of the
. Electric railway journal . uringCompany as car engineer and Mr. Crane will act asconsulting engineer. Compilations just completed show that the Pennsyl-vania Railroad Company had on April 1, exactly 89,602shareholders who held an average of is an increase of 12,756 as compared with April 1,1913, and is the largest number of shareholders thePennsylvania has ever had. There are 30,240 stock-holders of the railroad in the State of Pennsylvania,New York has 15,298, New England 16,612, foreigncountries 11,784, while 15,668 are scattered. spring in the holding-down device of the pivot fasten-ing which acts so as to take up wear in the variousparts automatically; thus requiring less attention inmaintenance than any positive type of fastening. Thelarge bottom bearing area, as well as the vertical sidebearing at the heel of the tongue, is shown in the ac-companying views. The tongue has full bearingthroughout its length. The only part of the tonguethat does not rest absolutely on the center is where a. Top View Showing Fastening for Hook-Heel Switch Tongue recess is cut in the base of the tongue to permit theengagement of the hook fastening. The radial bear-ings, formed by the circular shape of the heel of thetongue in contact with the center, with vertical bear-ing surfaces of both center and tongue ground to fit,greatly assist in preventing any forward movement ofthe tongue under trailing cars. The hook is exceedingly simple and effective. The 1162 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLIII, No. 21. hook enters the recess in the bottom of the tongue andengages the top and front edge of the lip formed bythe recess. The large eye in the hook is engaged bya lever which fulcrums on the underside of the switchfloor at one end and is flattened at the other end toreceive a spring bolt and to form a seat for the holdingspring. When the hook has been put in place throughthe slot in the floor of the switch center and is restingin the recess in the bottom of the tongue
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