. The Street railway journal . ge% in. high and 1 3-16 ins. thick at the throat. It isthe opinion of the committee that this wheel treadand flange can be applied with comparatively littledifficulty to a great majority of the roads formingour association. A number of roads are using wheels with a in. wide for combined city and interurban work,and there is a decided tendency in this wide tread assists in carrying the load acrossspecial work without running on the flange, andavoids the necessity for flange bearing on the specialwork. We, therefore, also recommend Wheel A w
. The Street railway journal . ge% in. high and 1 3-16 ins. thick at the throat. It isthe opinion of the committee that this wheel treadand flange can be applied with comparatively littledifficulty to a great majority of the roads formingour association. A number of roads are using wheels with a in. wide for combined city and interurban work,and there is a decided tendency in this wide tread assists in carrying the load acrossspecial work without running on the flange, andavoids the necessity for flange bearing on the specialwork. We, therefore, also recommend Wheel A withthe tread increased to in. for interurban work,and also for city work where it can be used. In thejudgment of your committee, it is especially desirableto work toward the general adoption of wheels hav-ing this tread. Your committee recognizes the fact that local con-ditions on many of the systems forming our associa-tion are such that it will be difficult for a number ofyears to operate a wheel of the dimensions repre-.
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