. The street railway review . antities and where noise and dirt areserious objections, the electric motor has an im-mediate field and will probably come into use in ashort time. THE PIER MOVEABLE SIDEWALK. MOTOR TRUCK, ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE hrough spiral springs, allowing a play of the wheels onan irregular roadbed. These springs have the samemission as the motor cushioning spring on an ordinary AFTER numerous vexations, delays in get-ting power from the Exposition Companyseveral weeks elapsed after the mechan-ical arrangements were perfected before suffi-cient power was turned on to keep the wa
. The street railway review . antities and where noise and dirt areserious objections, the electric motor has an im-mediate field and will probably come into use in ashort time. THE PIER MOVEABLE SIDEWALK. MOTOR TRUCK, ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE hrough spiral springs, allowing a play of the wheels onan irregular roadbed. These springs have the samemission as the motor cushioning spring on an ordinary AFTER numerous vexations, delays in get-ting power from the Exposition Companyseveral weeks elapsed after the mechan-ical arrangements were perfected before suffi-cient power was turned on to keep the walkmoving. About July i, however, the departmentat Machinery Hall acquired power enough andsince then the walk has been in successful com-mission. The successful consummation of the idea is particularly grateful to Max E. Schmidt, who has been untiring in his efforts for its completion and to R- McC. Smith, whose constant attendance and earnest efforts as manager is deserving of particular mention. (joti€d/j\aiUvWj\£y^ 44:5. I The tramway power station at Hobart, Australia, isnearly finished. The lines at Havre, Lyons and Bordeaux are chang-ing over to electricity. Milan is to have an electric railway 3}^ miles long,equipped with the Thomson-Houston system. The Liverpool Overhead Railway Company are sell-ing tickets at a reduction of ten per cent on amountsover one pound. The habit of some English tramways of chargingextra fares on Sunday was recently brought before Par-liament for action. The tramways of Glasgow will in a years time passinto the hands of the city. The municipality has alreadyplaced an order for 200 cars. The high price of hay in England at present is makingtramway managers feel blue, and may have some effectin hastening the adoption of electricity. The Madras (India) Electric Tramways Company hasdecided to adopt the conduit system. As nearly as canbe made out from the descriptions, the conduit used willbe a plain open one, similar to a cable conduit. The Lau
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