. The Street railway journal . HIGH-SPEED INTERURBAN CAR FOR THE AUBURN & SYRACUSE ELECTRIC RAILROAD ways, and arranged to connect when desired with the main cut-off gage by a yoke or arch, which passes over the saw, andthus makes a long, well-supported gage for large work. Whenthe supplementary cut-off gage is not in use the fence is de-tached from the tongue, and the latter is turned over in its slotso as to make a flush surface on the table, as indicated in thefirst accompanying engraving. The machine is driven througha countershaft and idler jack, by which any combination ofdrive connectio
. The Street railway journal . HIGH-SPEED INTERURBAN CAR FOR THE AUBURN & SYRACUSE ELECTRIC RAILROAD ways, and arranged to connect when desired with the main cut-off gage by a yoke or arch, which passes over the saw, andthus makes a long, well-supported gage for large work. Whenthe supplementary cut-off gage is not in use the fence is de-tached from the tongue, and the latter is turned over in its slotso as to make a flush surface on the table, as indicated in thefirst accompanying engraving. The machine is driven througha countershaft and idler jack, by which any combination ofdrive connections may be easily made. It is estimated that thismachine will require only ^4 hp for driving under normal con-ditions of operation. Its total weight is 2100 lbs. »♦♦ NOVEL CAR SIGN The need for a sign on street cars which would be luminousat night has already been felt, and in a degree been met by. ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR CAR SIGN electric street railway inventors. These signs are, of course,all electrically illuminated and employ many different princi-ples. The Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company, through the efforts of J. H. McMullin, superintendent of carshops, has adopted a solution of the problem which seems topresent features which are desirable in street railway work,namely, simplicity, durability and cheapness. The principle of the device is the illumination of the signby reflected light. The ordinary poly-sided wooden sign isused, and is illuminated by the light thrown from properly Auburn by way of Skaneateles and Marcellus, a distance of25 miles, through one of the most beautiful sections of NewYork State. This is in the famous lake country,, through manyparts of which a number of interurban roads are being con-structed. The cities are .prosperous and the country thicklypopulated, fruit growing being the chief industry. In summerthe traffic is largely increa
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