. Electric railway journal . Ha RECLAIMING GE-57S—SPOOL GUIDE FOR BORING BAR RECLAIMING GE-57S—REBORING THE AXLE BEARINGS January 15, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 133. DETAIL SKETCHES SHOWING FOUR STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN CURTAIN FIXTURE The Development of the AutomaticCar Curtain BY W. H. FORSYTHSecond Vice-President Curtain Supply Company, Chicago, 111. The first concern to offer to the trade a practical andsuitable curtain device was the E. T. Burrowes Com-pany of Portland, Me., which, about the year 1892,purchased from the inventors and owners the originalpinch-handle curt
. Electric railway journal . Ha RECLAIMING GE-57S—SPOOL GUIDE FOR BORING BAR RECLAIMING GE-57S—REBORING THE AXLE BEARINGS January 15, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 133. DETAIL SKETCHES SHOWING FOUR STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN CURTAIN FIXTURE The Development of the AutomaticCar Curtain BY W. H. FORSYTHSecond Vice-President Curtain Supply Company, Chicago, 111. The first concern to offer to the trade a practical andsuitable curtain device was the E. T. Burrowes Com-pany of Portland, Me., which, about the year 1892,purchased from the inventors and owners the originalpinch-handle curtain fixture. This consisted of a tubeat the bottom of the curtain containing two reciprocat-ing rods, to the inner ends of which pendants or handleswere attached. The rods carried at their outer endspieces of rubber which were thrust against the bottomsof the grooves in the window frame by springs. Prior to the introduction of this style of curtain,wooden blinds had been generally used, but had provedcostly to the railroad and inconvenient to the passen-gers. In order to keep the wooden blinds in propercondition, they had to be removed from the car, scrapedand re
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