. The Street railway journal . of open car cases were of mahogany. A prominent feature of the exhibitwas Oakette, a special material manufactured by the company forcar curtains and shades. The material has proved not only verypopular, but very desirable for this service, and during the last yearthe company has sold over 10,000 shades of this material alone. Atthe rear of the exhibit were several other frames of mahogany ex-hibiting the other different styles of curtains and shades made bythe Burrowes Company, including Crown and Star fabrics. A smallframe contained samples of dif
. The Street railway journal . of open car cases were of mahogany. A prominent feature of the exhibitwas Oakette, a special material manufactured by the company forcar curtains and shades. The material has proved not only verypopular, but very desirable for this service, and during the last yearthe company has sold over 10,000 shades of this material alone. Atthe rear of the exhibit were several other frames of mahogany ex-hibiting the other different styles of curtains and shades made bythe Burrowes Company, including Crown and Star fabrics. A smallframe contained samples of different silk curtains, with trimmingsto match the color of the curtains, and among the patterns weretwenty of the Star fabric and eighteen of the Oakette. On the rearwall hung a very handsome water color of the extensive factory ofthe company at Portland, Me. The representatives of the com-pany present were H. H. Russell, of Portland, and H. B. Potter fromthe New York office. The Bethlehem Iron Company, of South Bethlehem, Pa ,. EXHIBIT OF DIAMOND TRUCK k CAR GEAR CO. startled the exhibitors by showing what at first sight looked to be agun trained to shoot as visitors approached it. On closer inspectionhowever, a sign told that it was a hollow forged shaft, one of twelvenow being made for street railways in Chicago. Four go to theNorthwestern Elevated Railway and four to the Union Loop Rail-way of both of which roads S. Potis is chief engineer; and J. electrical engineer. Four others go to the Chicago CityRailway of which R. J. Hill is chief engineer. The shaft on ex-hibit was on its way from Bethlehem to the works of the Allis Company, where it will be fitted with a flywheel, cranks and 732 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XII. No. ii. electric generator. It is 22 ft. 6 ins. long, 28 ins. diameter in center,22 ins. diameter at journals and has an 11 in. hole throughout its en-tire length. It weighs fifteen tons. The processes employed inmaking this and similar sha
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