. The Street railway journal . splice without the use of solder. It is simplein construction, and easily and quickly adjusted. No special tool isrequired, as any ordinary wrench or pipe tongs will answer the pur-pose. The clip is composed of three parts, as shown. One is theshoe or U-shaped hanger with a screw lug at the top. In this the wirerests. Another is the tongue or clamping piece, which fits into theshoe, and rests on the top of the wire; while the third is a nut whichscrews on the lug shoe, pressing the tongue down and making a vise-like pressure on the wire. The nut is adjusted at th
. The Street railway journal . splice without the use of solder. It is simplein construction, and easily and quickly adjusted. No special tool isrequired, as any ordinary wrench or pipe tongs will answer the pur-pose. The clip is composed of three parts, as shown. One is theshoe or U-shaped hanger with a screw lug at the top. In this the wirerests. Another is the tongue or clamping piece, which fits into theshoe, and rests on the top of the wire; while the third is a nut whichscrews on the lug shoe, pressing the tongue down and making a vise-like pressure on the wire. The nut is adjusted at the top to fit thevarious insulator studs. It makes, on the whole, a very strong anddurable support, avoids the use of solder, and is claimed to save a greatdeal of time ordinarily consumed in putting trolley supports in posi-tion. The shoe, or running surface, is almost straight, so that thetrolley wheel meets with practically no obstruction. Another featureis that any of the parts can be replaced with new ones, as they may be. VAN BUREN MECHANICAL CLIP. nus metal bearings in a competitive test on a well known line, showed3,194 miles of service to one ounce of wear. The Brady Company is now supplying many of the largest surfacelines with street car and electric car brasses, castings and trolley wheels,and is fully equipped for turning out material for very large orders ofthe same standard quality as the supplies which have been furnishedfor locomotive and steam car service. The company has a foundrycapacity of 1,000 bearings and 10,000 lbs. of engine metal per day, andthe output has increased 500 per cent, in the past six years. The company undertakes to furnish metal at fixed prices per poundon monthly and yearly contracts, or, if desired, will furnish metal atcurrent prices, these depending upon the current metal market for rawmaterial. Laconia Standard Truck. We present on this page an engraving of the standard four wheeltruck of the Laconia Car Company. Since the first of Ma
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