. Electric railway gazette . eeder-wire connections a third bond isplaced on the rail near the end of the fish plate andis clamped upon a tinned strip of sheet copperwhich projects beyond the plate far enough to besoldered to the wire. As this bond has a conduc-tivity equal to the rail itself, a large reduction infeeder wire can be made by its use. It is cheaper ran upon the track the car was within 10 or 12feet of him, and that the motorman stopped it asquickly as he could do so. Many witnesses wereexamined and at the close of the evidence Morris& Whitehouse, representing the street railwayco
. Electric railway gazette . eeder-wire connections a third bond isplaced on the rail near the end of the fish plate andis clamped upon a tinned strip of sheet copperwhich projects beyond the plate far enough to besoldered to the wire. As this bond has a conduc-tivity equal to the rail itself, a large reduction infeeder wire can be made by its use. It is cheaper ran upon the track the car was within 10 or 12feet of him, and that the motorman stopped it asquickly as he could do so. Many witnesses wereexamined and at the close of the evidence Morris& Whitehouse, representing the street railwaycompany, contended that the case should be dis-missed. Judge Clement refused to dismiss, andthe jury rendered a verdict for the boys father forthe full amount sued for, with interest. The com-pany appealed the case, and in May last the gen-eral term affirmed the judgment. Judge VanWyck, writing the opinion, held that the jury wasjustified in holding that the motorman was toblame in not discovering the approach of the child.
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