. Electric railway journal . closely ap-proximates the ideal line than in the case of a car mountedon trucks with rigidly parallel axles. FLAT FLAME SIGNAL LAMP The Adams & Westlake Company, pioneer manufacturerof long-time burners for switch and semaphore signallamps, has recently placed on the market an improvedlong-time burner lamp of the non-sweat-ing balanced-draught type which has aflat flame and is known as No. 51. Thislamp was designed to meet the demandfor a long-time burner with a flamewhich would give a greater diffusion tothe projected signals than the round-flame burner which has
. Electric railway journal . closely ap-proximates the ideal line than in the case of a car mountedon trucks with rigidly parallel axles. FLAT FLAME SIGNAL LAMP The Adams & Westlake Company, pioneer manufacturerof long-time burners for switch and semaphore signallamps, has recently placed on the market an improvedlong-time burner lamp of the non-sweat-ing balanced-draught type which has aflat flame and is known as No. 51. Thislamp was designed to meet the demandfor a long-time burner with a flamewhich would give a greater diffusion tothe projected signals than the round-flame burner which has been in generaluse. The spread of the flame is approx-imately 9/16 in., and it burns with anintense whiteness, so that excellent re-sults are obtained and at the same timethe increased oil consumption, due tothe larger flame, is not sufficient tocause any change in the method orFlat Flame Sig- routine of filling and tending lamps. nal Lamp This new burner, combined with a cen-ter core wick, insures satisfactory THE PHILADELPHIA RAIL CORRUGATION GRINDER Announcement is made by William D. Gherky, of Phila-delphia, that he is prepared to contract for the removal ofrail corrugations on any system by means of the Nicholsrail corrugation grinder, described in the April 3 issue ofthe Electric Railway Journal. For this purpose he willhave available the necessary number of machines and work-men to carry out a contract as quickly as possible. By thismethod the street railway companies will be spared theexpense and annoyance of purchasing and handling un-familiar machinery, as the work will be done entirely byspecialists under conditions as prescribed by the Gherky now has six machines nearing completion. April 10, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 701 News of Electric Railways Plans for Interurban Station and New Franchise atColumbus, Ohio With the introduction of four ordinances in the CityCouncil of Columbus, Ohio, last week, the plans of theOhio Electric Railway
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