. The street railway review . case with removable panels. The engine shaft drives on to a bronze gear ring encircling thedifferential gear box. The six gear wheels are of phosphor bronzeand are machine cut. Power is transmitted from the differentialshaft to the driving wheels through strong roller chains. The wheels are of the artillery pattern with steel hubs, oak spokes. August 15, Ijo^.] STKICET RAILWAY 487 aiul ash felloes, and arc 34 in. in dianieler Ihc ear is providedwilli two indepcndcnl band lirakes, operated rospeelivcly by a footand hand lever. Cars similar lo the (;ne illn
. The street railway review . case with removable panels. The engine shaft drives on to a bronze gear ring encircling thedifferential gear box. The six gear wheels are of phosphor bronzeand are machine cut. Power is transmitted from the differentialshaft to the driving wheels through strong roller chains. The wheels are of the artillery pattern with steel hubs, oak spokes. August 15, Ijo^.] STKICET RAILWAY 487 aiul ash felloes, and arc 34 in. in dianieler Ihc ear is providedwilli two indepcndcnl band lirakes, operated rospeelivcly by a footand hand lever. Cars similar lo the (;ne illnslrated are in use by the TorquayMotor Onniilms Co. .ind have been miming with fair siicee^s In I he user can delerniiiic for hnn^ell the proportions rc(|iiirc<l forall concrete he mixes. If he docs not want to go to that troublehe can take it for ifrHntei] that ordinary banU gravel containingplenty of sand so that none needs to be added, contains alwiut 20per rent of voids, althonub it may contain as high as 30 per ifi-rASSENGER STHAM MOTOR OMNllll S, addition to single-deck omnibnscs, Messrs. Clarkson have builtdouble-deck buses, to carry 32 passengers, for the London RoadCar Co., equipped with 32-h. p. engines, and has supplied a 32-h. lo the London & Southwestern Railway Co. for use as a feeder,to carry 18 passengers with 1,(150 lb. of luggage. ■•--¥■ ■ ■ Cement and Concrete Mixing. In the interest of its product, the revolving cube concrete mixer,the Municipal Engineering & Contracting Co., 607 Railway Ex-change, Chicago, has recently issued a pamphlet of some 30 pagescontaining instructions to .igents, a description of its mixer andother data regarding cement and concrete. The instructions toagents do not, as one might infer frolii the title, tell a man how toapproach and secure a customer, but comprise useful and valuableinformation regarding cement and concrete. With the object in view of equipping its agents with a knowledgeof the pr
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