. The street railway review . e presence andaddress of railway visi-tors during the Fair,and our friends are in-vited to ha\e their mailand telegrams address-ed in care of the Re-\iEw. In addition to areception room, compe-tent stenographers willbe ready at all times forletter writing whileyou wait. Rememberthe number 269 Dear-born, opposite the great Monadnock. For nearly a year the Review has issued a daily edi-tion, containing important advance news of enterprises,destructive accidents, extensions, consolidations, changesin management, and, in short, a complete daily record ofthe street rai
. The street railway review . e presence andaddress of railway visi-tors during the Fair,and our friends are in-vited to ha\e their mailand telegrams address-ed in care of the Re-\iEw. In addition to areception room, compe-tent stenographers willbe ready at all times forletter writing whileyou wait. Rememberthe number 269 Dear-born, opposite the great Monadnock. For nearly a year the Review has issued a daily edi-tion, containing important advance news of enterprises,destructive accidents, extensions, consolidations, changesin management, and, in short, a complete daily record ofthe street railway happenings of the country. This dailyedition will, during the fair, also contain a full roster ofvisiting street railway officers in the city, and their stop-ping places. The Review will take a personal interest in its visitorsand will be pleased to render all possible service in theway of personal introductions, and such similar service asour long residence here and wide acquaintance makespossible and eminently FRED. S. KENFIELD,Business Manager. 226 (^Wctil^\mlM^il^VieW* THE PIER MOVABLE SIDEWALK. At the Worlds Fair—A Practical Demonstration of this Most Remarkable Transportation Exhibit System Wonderful in its Simplicity and Capacity. READERS of the Street Railway Reviewwill remember the December, 1891, issue ascontaining, among other good things, a descrip-tion of a novel transportation scheme called the Colum-bian moveable sidewalk. For the benefit of those who did not read the Reviewin 1891, it may be explained that the moveable sidewalkis the result of many years study and the invention ofMax E. Schmidt and J. L. Silsbee, both of Chicago. This system has its foundation principle in the simplefact that the top of a moving wheel moves with exactlytwice the speed of the axle. Hence two rails carried onthe peripheiy of the wheel move with twice the speed ofthe axle. By reference to the engraving it will be seen thatthe moveable sidewalk consists of two paral
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