. The street railway review . of the transformer before leaving the factory is run at overloadwith the poleiitial. at three times the normal voltage with-out load, and iiisiilaiion tests are made at voltages ranging fromlour to eiKht tlioiis,iiirl. .Subsequently the coils are immersed in1 il, which increases their insulation resistance. c ■ » Foreclosure proceedings have been brought against the Chicago(ieiieral Railway Co. by the Merchants Loan & Trust Co., of Chi-cago, as trustee for the holders of $500,000 of the bonds of theWest and South Towns Street Rai
. The street railway review . of the transformer before leaving the factory is run at overloadwith the poleiitial. at three times the normal voltage with-out load, and iiisiilaiion tests are made at voltages ranging fromlour to eiKht tlioiis,iiirl. .Subsequently the coils are immersed in1 il, which increases their insulation resistance. c ■ » Foreclosure proceedings have been brought against the Chicago(ieiieral Railway Co. by the Merchants Loan & Trust Co., of Chi-cago, as trustee for the holders of $500,000 of the bonds of theWest and South Towns Street Railway Co., issued in 1R92 and as-suiued by the Chicago General Railway Co. at the time of its in-corporation. 196 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XI, No. 3. THE AMERICAN RAIL BOND. Tlie American Rail Bond Co., a new corporation with officesin the Monadnock Block, Chicago, has brought into the marketa rail bond constructed upon an entirely new principle. Fig ishows a sectional view of the new bond in place in the rail. The. terminal of this bond consists of a copper rivet in the center ofwhich a double-headed ^teel rivet is cast. This steel pin, it willbe observed, is used in an entirely different manner from those inthe older form of bonds. The heads of these steel pins arehardened and the shank between the heads is soft, the softest
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