. Electric railway gazette . iss engine has for many years followedclosely the lines of the first designers. That typeof design was satisfactory under low pressuresand slow speeds common to the first twenty yearsof Corliss engine practice. The first departurewas the location of a support under the designers have continued the use of thesupport but have broadened its bearing upon thefoundation, developing it from a simple leg to a Chicago, III.—The city authorities have approvedthe plans of the Metropolitan West Side ElevatedRailroad Company for a bridge to cross the ChicagoRiver b
. Electric railway gazette . iss engine has for many years followedclosely the lines of the first designers. That typeof design was satisfactory under low pressuresand slow speeds common to the first twenty yearsof Corliss engine practice. The first departurewas the location of a support under the designers have continued the use of thesupport but have broadened its bearing upon thefoundation, developing it from a simple leg to a Chicago, III.—The city authorities have approvedthe plans of the Metropolitan West Side ElevatedRailroad Company for a bridge to cross the ChicagoRiver between Van Buren and Jackson Streets. Itis made in two sections, which join In the centerand isopened by lifting the two sections parts are counter-balanced so that compara-tively little effort is required to move them. Anelectric motor of twenty-four horse-power Is pro-vided for the opening and closing the clear space between the piers for the passageof vessels is 108 feei. From city datum to top. This pin la being placed upon the market byGoodhue fc Lincoln, Mon:.dnock Block,Chicago, from whom samples can be obtainedupon application. General Electric Removal.—The Chicago offices ofthe General Electric Cjmpany were moved thisweek from 17:i Adams street to the tenth Hoor ofthe Monadnock lilock where they will occupycommodious ollices on the Van Buren street sideof the building. IUB LANE & BOULEY ENGINE. bearing having an area of several square feet andextending entirely across the foundation. The engine represented In the accompanyingengraving, made by the Lane & Bodley Company,of Cincinnati, not only has this support of theextreme width but the company has also adopteda new form for the frame, giving it a box shape,which Is certainly an excellent design to resistthe twisting strains, particularly noticeable inweak engines when heavily loaded. The slides are concave and bored to a large of tracks Is thirty-seven feet nine inches. Thebridge wi
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