. The street railway review . XHIBIT. The Consolidated Car Fender Co. has one of the most attractiveand interesting of all the many exhibits, and it also displayed verycommendable diligence in having its booth completely arrangedearly in the week, this exhibit being one of the few that was com-pletely installed on Tuesday afternoon. The exhibit comprises four types of the companys fenders, whichare known as A, B, C and D, the Campbell snow broom and theMillen car step lifter. The type A fender is designed for high,the t>pe B, for low cars, and the type C for all patterns ofcars. The type D
. The street railway review . XHIBIT. The Consolidated Car Fender Co. has one of the most attractiveand interesting of all the many exhibits, and it also displayed verycommendable diligence in having its booth completely arrangedearly in the week, this exhibit being one of the few that was com-pletely installed on Tuesday afternoon. The exhibit comprises four types of the companys fenders, whichare known as A, B, C and D, the Campbell snow broom and theMillen car step lifter. The type A fender is designed for high,the t>pe B, for low cars, and the type C for all patterns ofcars. The type D is designed for large and hea\y interurban first three were shown attached to dummy platforms, while thetype D was on the platform to which was attached the Millen carstep lifter; this last named device is a most ingenious arrangementfor lifting the running board of open cars and is actuated by themotorman. This is the invention of Mr. Thomas Millen, mastermechanic of the Metropolitan Street Railway of New York,. L.\U EXIliniT. and should prove particularly advantageous on all lines where theheadway is short. The Campbell snow broom has a bird cage type of head or hubin which the strips of rattan arc thrust double and secured by barsparallel to the broom axis; this has proved to be an extremely satis-factory method for preventing the rattan strips falling out. Attention was also called to the fact that there arc some 10,000Providence fenders now in use. Mr. John Shepard, Jr., president, and Col. A. C. Woodworth,general manager, of the company arc in altcndancc, and arc assistedby Messrs. George Hollingsworth and E. C. Hall. The Protected Rail Bond Co., Philadelphia, has an elaborate andcomplete display of its Protected rail bonds and tools for apply-ing them, including a complete outfit of hydraulic punches andcompressors for applying bonds to girder and T-rails. It is repre-sented by Charles J. Mayer, President; A. H. Englund, treasurer;E
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