. The street railway review . device, which is illustrated herewith, can-not be added to the ordinary Wilson catcher now in such generaluse; but the retriever is similar in form, although slightly thicker,and contains an spring which, properly wound, causes it toact in the manner stated. The new retriever has been in servicefor .several months, and the companies using it report that it isgiving the greatest satisfaction, it having been shown during thepresent severe winter that the device will run successfully throughsleet and snow storms, as well as in pleasant weather. The com-pany of
. The street railway review . device, which is illustrated herewith, can-not be added to the ordinary Wilson catcher now in such generaluse; but the retriever is similar in form, although slightly thicker,and contains an spring which, properly wound, causes it toact in the manner stated. The new retriever has been in servicefor .several months, and the companies using it report that it isgiving the greatest satisfaction, it having been shown during thepresent severe winter that the device will run successfully throughsleet and snow storms, as well as in pleasant weather. The com-pany offers to make an allowance to purchasers of the new re-triever for returned Wilson catchers now in use, and it is alsowilling to furnish retrievers for trial. .\ll the Wilson devices aremade of malleable iron and finished with care. They are compactand neat and do not take up an excessive amount of room on thecar dasher. The Wilson Trolley Catcher Co. is the successor toWilson & jhe pioneers in trolley-catcher Boilers for St. Louis Exposition. The AiiUnian & Taylor Machinery of Mansfield. O., has se-cured through the Cahall Sales Department, W. W. Darley, gen-eral western sales agent, the largest installation of boilers for the I-ouisiana Purchase Exposition. The installation consists of 16 Cahall horizontal water-tubeboilers, eight of 508 h. p. each and eight of 400 h. the .aggregate being b. j). Four of the 508-b. p. boilers are built to cary .?J5 lb. pressure, and thenlber ]2 will carry 175 lb. working pressure each. Theboilers will be equipped with the Mansfield chain-gratestokers, and with the Buffalo Forge Cos induced 16 boilers will constitute practically two-thirdsof the entire exhibit in the steam, gas and fuel building,and all the boilers are to be in operation by April total value of the installation, including the founda-tions and brick work, which will be done by the Ault-nian & laylor company, exceeds $165,00
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