. The Street railway journal . iniature working model of its system. Current was conveyed to a one-sixth size, completely equipped caroperating over about 150 ft. of track, with all sorts of curves andgrades, and the working of the miniature system seemed to be inevery way successful. The space allotted to the company wasalmost constantly occupied by interested spectators, among whomrailroad men were very much in evidence. The company wasrepresented by John McLeod Murphy, inventor of the system;E, V. Baillard, who built the model road shown, and by GustavusKahn, William Dcvoe and John J. Cokel
. The Street railway journal . iniature working model of its system. Current was conveyed to a one-sixth size, completely equipped caroperating over about 150 ft. of track, with all sorts of curves andgrades, and the working of the miniature system seemed to be inevery way successful. The space allotted to the company wasalmost constantly occupied by interested spectators, among whomrailroad men were very much in evidence. The company wasrepresented by John McLeod Murphy, inventor of the system;E, V. Baillard, who built the model road shown, and by GustavusKahn, William Dcvoe and John J. Cokely. It is stated that a con-trolling interest in the stock of this company has been purchasedby Emerson McMillin & of New York, who will soon con-struct a full working system of several miles in length as a demon-stration of its safety and efficiency. THE DEARBORN DRUG & CHEMICAL WORKS, of Chi-cago, were represented by Robert F. Carr, who gave away somehandsome paper cutters, match boxes and some of the neatest ad-. EXHIB1T OF H. W. JOHNS MFG. CO.
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