. The street railway review . a shower,no etHuvia arose from the bales. Manure thus baled can be loaded on a gondola car toa capacity of 60,000 pounds, whereas loose only 20,000can occupy the space. One of the bales referred to above weighs 275 poundsand occupies a space 18 inches by 28 inches by 4 feet;two men feed the press and supply the power. The West Division Railway Companv has alreadybegun investigation, and the only wonder is, that thematter has not been broached long ago, by the men whowere most vexed by this exasperating detail of economy. WOODS TROLLEY WIRE CLAMP. NO little difficu
. The street railway review . a shower,no etHuvia arose from the bales. Manure thus baled can be loaded on a gondola car toa capacity of 60,000 pounds, whereas loose only 20,000can occupy the space. One of the bales referred to above weighs 275 poundsand occupies a space 18 inches by 28 inches by 4 feet;two men feed the press and supply the power. The West Division Railway Companv has alreadybegun investigation, and the only wonder is, that thematter has not been broached long ago, by the men whowere most vexed by this exasperating detail of economy. WOODS TROLLEY WIRE CLAMP. NO little difficulty has been experienced by electricrailway builders in securing the numerous smalldevices needed in first class construction, of a suffi-ciently perfect model to eliminate aggravating larger matters have received the careful attention ofexpert designers, while too often, the little details have ina manner shifted for themselves, not infrequently findinga common level with the scrap pile, after brief use. Time. and experience is changing this, however, and such thingsas pole ratchets, strain insulators and trolley hangers aregetting their share of attention. A recent improvement in the latter class is shown inthe illustration of Woods Trolley Wire Clamp. It is ofthe simplest possible construction and seems to have beenplanned with the purpose of making it a universal clamp;it will hold any size of trolle} wire, and can be used withan^r of the usual insulating bells. It offers no projectionsto cut and wear the trolley wheel, no flashing or sparkingwhatever takes place as the wheel passes the clamp. Itis made by the Electrical Supply Co., cor Michigan Randolph St., Chicago. BROADWAY CABLE RAIL JOINT. A SPECIAL joint has been laid on the BroadwayCable track. New York, designed by the lateA. D. Whitton, and made by the Johnson Com-
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