. The street railway review . P. Brown is building a large brick extension to iton- at Montclair. N. J. in order to keep pace with the inn 0 puttingin a m nd engine, which will 100 h. p. .t new machinery, which will permit thi ■ vhich have hern madi ■ the BaltiiOhio bell line, fr prising. This n of the up hill and id hundreds of freigl ■ ■ban half that 1 ■ of mi with two bond i 1 ;iitr of the of thi • trouble This type I On suburban and iiuerurban railways where many of the linesare single track the telephone has become almost are placed at each turnout or instruments a
. The street railway review . P. Brown is building a large brick extension to iton- at Montclair. N. J. in order to keep pace with the inn 0 puttingin a m nd engine, which will 100 h. p. .t new machinery, which will permit thi ■ vhich have hern madi ■ the BaltiiOhio bell line, fr prising. This n of the up hill and id hundreds of freigl ■ ■ban half that 1 ■ of mi with two bond i 1 ;iitr of the of thi • trouble This type I On suburban and iiuerurban railways where many of the linesare single track the telephone has become almost are placed at each turnout or instruments are carried in eachcar which can be connected with the line parallel with the roadbedeither by pint; boxes loated at intervals on the poles 01 bj 1 jointedpule which connects with the overhead wires. In order that thetelephone may be of value for street car work ii is absolutely es-sential that the transmitters used for this purpose be entirely relia-ble. If a single instance .curs where the telephone fails to work. at a critical moment the whole telephone system is condemned bythi entire force from the superintendent to the motorman,Ibe accompanying illustration represents a transmitter made by the Ericsson Telephom I 296 Broadway, New York, which. it is claimed, will avoid any chance of failure. This transmitter isproot against moisture, dust, and it is also one that will notpack when left undisturbed for a considerable space I lime, I heEricsson telephone is used extensively on account of the latter qual-itj ami the company invites the investigation ami inspection of thisapparatus by all persons interested. SILLS-EDDY MICA CO. The mica products made and handled by the Sills Eddy MicaIm. of ii Broad St , New York City, have steadily gained in favoruntil now they air used exclusively in several hundred street rail-ompanies and manufacturing bouses, [his compans sellsIndia ami amber mica in practically everj conceivable form, in cutami uncut sheets, thicl and t
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