. The street railway review . ICNGINK. AIR COMIKESSOK. construction it recently, at considerable expense, sent engineers tostudy the method of cast welding as introduced by the Inlk Com-pany, and the result, as might have been expected, was a dccisi >n toadopt the FalU cast-vvcld joint on all its lines. To carry out its order speedily and in first-class manner the FalkCompany built a special welding outfit which has been constructedin thi\c :., a;v with air comprcssois ai. .ill thelatest and best appliances for making the castings. Our illustnitionsin themselves give a goo
. The street railway review . ICNGINK. AIR COMIKESSOK. construction it recently, at considerable expense, sent engineers tostudy the method of cast welding as introduced by the Inlk Com-pany, and the result, as might have been expected, was a dccisi >n toadopt the FalU cast-vvcld joint on all its lines. To carry out its order speedily and in first-class manner the FalkCompany built a special welding outfit which has been constructedin thi\c :., a;v with air comprcssois ai. .ill thelatest and best appliances for making the castings. Our illustnitionsin themselves give a good idea of this extremely interestini, .mdcomplete portable foundry plant. In its home work the company is busy, and at present is engagedin filling important contracts in Kansas City, for the Metropolitanroad, and is also welding the intcrurban line from Oshkosh to. CUPOLA. Neenah, Wis. Other welding contracts to be done this season in-clude work in Washington. Hoboken and Canton, in addition towork in New York City which will require three welding outfits. In its department of special work, and gears and pinions, the plantis extremely busy and has been running night and day for sometime past. The directors of the Union Traction Co., Philadelphia, Pa., haveordered a reduction of fare to Willow Grove by way of the OldYork road. The reduction is from 15 to 10 cents. Only one franchise is left in the city of Albany, N. Y., for streetcar companies, and the Municipal Street Railway Co. lately incor-porated with a capital stock of $250,000. has bid for it on the basisof giving a 3-cent fare. Street Railway Associations, which convenes in Chicago October17th. It is the hope to make the electrical exposition very complete, par-ticular attention to be paid to the adaptability of electricity forhousehold purposes. An effort will be made to give displays of
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