. The street railway review . heme was particularlyadapted for wooden rails thus saving the great cost ofiron. The two wheels seen in the engraving are set atan angle of 45 degrees and act only as guides, the carwheels being fiat rollers and running on the squarewooden rails also shown. The account of the invention says that a system of this order was in process of build-ing at Wimbleton Common, England, and the Americanremarks, If the invention succeeds, and we see noreason why it should not, it will lead to the introductionof wooden rails on many short railway lines from villageto village or
. The street railway review . heme was particularlyadapted for wooden rails thus saving the great cost ofiron. The two wheels seen in the engraving are set atan angle of 45 degrees and act only as guides, the carwheels being fiat rollers and running on the squarewooden rails also shown. The account of the invention says that a system of this order was in process of build-ing at Wimbleton Common, England, and the Americanremarks, If the invention succeeds, and we see noreason why it should not, it will lead to the introductionof wooden rails on many short railway lines from villageto village or to manufacturing establishments. TheMeigs elevated railway plan shows several points whichseem to parallel this ancient plan. Perhaps the perusalof old patent reports by inventors of our day would beproductive of a number of other new ideas. THE AUTOGRAPH RECORDER FOR POWERSTATIONS. Quite a novelty in the way of a station recordinginstrument is being introduced by the New NationalTime Recorder Company, of Milwaukee. Figure i. represents the device, which is 17 inches square. Asmall section of the dial is shown in Figure 2. The dialis 15 inches in diameter and when in operation is coveredby plate glass with the exception of an opening throughwhich the engineer or dynamo tender can write his sig-nature and also the record desired. By referring to Fig-ure 2 it will be seen that the record dial is divided byparallel radial lines into 30 minute spaces, so that a record
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