. The street railway review . vice-president, W. F. Douthirt; secretary and treas-urer, V. N. Gurney. The officers of the San Antonio Traction : President, E. H. Jenkins; vice-president, W. F. Douthirt; sec-retary and treasurer. J. J. King. CINCINNATI, NEWPORT & COVINGTON. BRILL TRUCK FOR THE PARIS EXPOSITION. The truck shown in the accompanying engraving was built forthe Orleans Railroad Co., of France, for use in its Paris terminaltunnel. It was built by the J. G. Brill Co. and will form a part ofthe Brill exhibit at the Paris The frame is a solidforging but so nicely fini
. The street railway review . vice-president, W. F. Douthirt; secretary and treas-urer, V. N. Gurney. The officers of the San Antonio Traction : President, E. H. Jenkins; vice-president, W. F. Douthirt; sec-retary and treasurer. J. J. King. CINCINNATI, NEWPORT & COVINGTON. BRILL TRUCK FOR THE PARIS EXPOSITION. The truck shown in the accompanying engraving was built forthe Orleans Railroad Co., of France, for use in its Paris terminaltunnel. It was built by the J. G. Brill Co. and will form a part ofthe Brill exhibit at the Paris The frame is a solidforging but so nicely finished that it has the appearance of a smoothcasting rather than a forging, the Brill shops being fitted up in acomplete manner for such work. The general features of the truckare the same as those of the Brill No. 27. The spring links arecarried over the wheel piece giving a long link and a particularlyeasy side motion. The wheels are 42 in. in diameter, cast centersand steel tires, and spaced 6 ft. 6 in. between BRILL TRUCK FOR PARIS. The arrangement of the brakes will be seen from the illustration;the rods are all carried outside the wheels in order to leave morespace for the motors. The gage is 4 ft. S/z in. The journals are4J4 in. in diameter, M. C. B. standard. Were it not that the carbody which is mounted on a pair of these trucks is designed to carry44 passengers, the trucks might be designated as electric locomo-tives as each is equipped with two 150-h. p. motors, giving 600 h. the car. The weight of the truck alone is 11,880 lb. The beam fastened to the journal boxes is for carrying the shoefor contact with the third rail. ELEVATED RAILWAY FOR PARA, BRAZIL. A recent consulaF report states that the city of Para, Brazil, isto have an elevated road. Dr. Francisco Bolonha, an enterprisingBrazilian w-ho visits the United States quite frequently, is workingto obtain a franchise from the municipality, which, it is thought,will be granted. The road is very much
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