. The street railway review . ips run and passengers car-ried as follows: Trips. Passengers. St. Louis & Suburban Ry 54,266 2, St. Louis Transit Co 1,267,775 27, Total 1,322,041 29,944,526 For the last quarter in 1899. the same companies reported tripsrun, 1,558,315; passengers carried 32,783,639. <« » NEW FAY SURFACING MACHINE. The accomijaiiying illustration shows an improved machine re-cently brought out by J. & Co., of 557-577 Cincinnati, amiknown as their No. 2 Cen-tennial surface type of machine ismade in sizes 16, 20 and 24in. wide and is
. The street railway review . ips run and passengers car-ried as follows: Trips. Passengers. St. Louis & Suburban Ry 54,266 2, St. Louis Transit Co 1,267,775 27, Total 1,322,041 29,944,526 For the last quarter in 1899. the same companies reported tripsrun, 1,558,315; passengers carried 32,783,639. <« » NEW FAY SURFACING MACHINE. The accomijaiiying illustration shows an improved machine re-cently brought out by J. & Co., of 557-577 Cincinnati, amiknown as their No. 2 Cen-tennial surface type of machine ismade in sizes 16, 20 and 24in. wide and is adapted forsurfacing all kinds of hardor soft wood. The cylinderis of forged steel with lips;pressure bars are fitted oneach side of the cylinder forplaning thin or short ma-terial. The bed plate andunder rollers raise and low-er together to suit thethickness of the material to be planed, which is shown by an indexgage, and always maintain their relative position with respect tothe cylinder, and upper feeding FREIGHT ON MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRICLINES. The legislative committee on street railways of MassachusetU:has decided to report a general bill authorizing electric and streetrailways to carry freight. The decision was not unanimous, andone member reserved the right to dissent, on the ground that someequivalent privilege should be required of the companies. < « » PICKPOCKETS ON ELECTRIC CARS. The Chicago police have received a large number of complaintsfrom persons whose purses and valuables have been stolen while rid-ing on street cars. It is believed that the thefts are all the work ofone gang which consists of four well-dressed men. The method isfor one man to block the doorway and while the victim is explainingthat he wishes to enter the car, the other men who are on the plat-form crowd against him and in the confusion secure their booty. Corporation Counsel Whalen, of Greater New York, announceshe is preparing to bring suits on behalf of the city to recover $
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