. Electric railway journal . ving ample room for the in-sertion of planks. The type shown is especially designedfor ordinary dirt or macadam roads, orany pavements of the Belgian block typewhich permit the incision of a pointedbar without damage. In this particulartype the lower end of the trident ispointed, so that the guard-rail holdermay be driven into the earth any de-sirable distance. This continuance is also manufacturedwith a heavy instead of a pointed base,for use on smooth pavements, such asasphalt and vitrified brick. The manu-facturer states that this saves consider-able time and ex
. Electric railway journal . ving ample room for the in-sertion of planks. The type shown is especially designedfor ordinary dirt or macadam roads, orany pavements of the Belgian block typewhich permit the incision of a pointedbar without damage. In this particulartype the lower end of the trident ispointed, so that the guard-rail holdermay be driven into the earth any de-sirable distance. This continuance is also manufacturedwith a heavy instead of a pointed base,for use on smooth pavements, such asasphalt and vitrified brick. The manu-facturer states that this saves consider-able time and expense, since it obviatesthe necessity of piling up stones onwhich to put planks for protection, andalso makes it unnecessary to carry barrels around fromone place to another. The holder has a receptacle on oneside for the lantern. Each holder is furnished with aCorbin lock, to permit the lantern to be locked and therebyeliminate all possibility of its being stolen. At the sametime, the lantern will burn without Guard Rail andLantern Holder May 8, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 885 News of Electric Railways Cleveland Traction Situation At the meeting of the committee of the whole of the CityCouncil of Cleveland on April 26 Judge Tayler stated thathe did not feel that it would be expedient for him to expresshis ideas at this time, but that he did think that he shouldsound a note of warning, since it seemed to him that asettlement would never be reached if the intention of someof the members of the Council is carried out and the ques-tion of valuation opened. Judge Tayler feels that the dis-cussions should be upon the vital points at issue ratherthan on the matters which have taken up so much time oflate. Horace E. Andrews, president of the Cleveland Railway,stated that the company would need $13,842,000 within thenext four years to care for the bonded debt and improve-ments if a settlement should be reached under the Taylerplan. Of this amount Mr. Andrews estimat
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