. The street railway review . economy promised the railroads, wereconsidered of sufficient importance to warrant the award of the goldmedal (the highest award on car wheels) to Mr. Chas T. Schoen bythe Universal Exposition of St. Louis, in 1904. American genius, finance and courage have led the world in cheap-ening the cost of transportation and rendering travel safe and , and railway interests will appreciate the efforts to solve thisdifficult problem, relating as it does to the very foundation of trans-portation. Tlii VHArt, No. :i SniT. 2H, lOOr,.] STRKIOT RAILWAY REVIEW.
. The street railway review . economy promised the railroads, wereconsidered of sufficient importance to warrant the award of the goldmedal (the highest award on car wheels) to Mr. Chas T. Schoen bythe Universal Exposition of St. Louis, in 1904. American genius, finance and courage have led the world in cheap-ening the cost of transportation and rendering travel safe and , and railway interests will appreciate the efforts to solve thisdifficult problem, relating as it does to the very foundation of trans-portation. Tlii VHArt, No. :i SniT. 2H, lOOr,.] STRKIOT RAILWAY REVIEW. HAND-POWER HYDRAULIC WHEEL PRESS. Tlic wheel press illiislratcd is designed for use in street and iiilcr-urban railway shops where the amount of work docs not necessitatean engine driven tool. improvements arc embraced in thislatest type of press, which is manufactined by the Watson-StilhiianCo., New York City. The hydraulic part is designed similar to thel;irge car and bridge jacks manufactured by (bis company. .ni. Ihe other on the upper bar. This arrangement of the weight docsaway with the necessity Tor a pit. This type of hand-power hydraulic wheel press is built in sizesfrom 60 tons for 30-in. wheels to 125 Ions for 4S-in. wheels, theformer press weighing i,joo lb. and the latter 4,500 lb. A 60-tonpress for .■56-in. wheels weighs alwut 2,500 lb. For export, a Oo-fonpress for 30-in. wheels is built after a special design so that theheaviest pieces do not weigh over 225 lb. This is known as themule-back pattern. THE F. BISSELL CO, TRADE MARK. The value of a trade mark is readily apparent amithat this is realized is shown in the numei-ous attractiveand ingenious designs used by the leading manufac-
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