. The street railway review . ing fit for the No. 0 bond, and in riveting, the soft copperpacks solidly around the rail. The hole in the rail isslightly countersunk at the rivet end to help make a bet-ter contact and more solid joint. The bonds are made bythe railways own men. Our drawings show the bond as it appears when finished, and also the brass casting,which has one side cut out to accommodate the wire asit turns at right angles. It may be called a compromisebetween the rivet bond, which is composed of three partsthrough which the current must pass (the bond wire andtwo rivets), and the
. The street railway review . ing fit for the No. 0 bond, and in riveting, the soft copperpacks solidly around the rail. The hole in the rail isslightly countersunk at the rivet end to help make a bet-ter contact and more solid joint. The bonds are made bythe railways own men. Our drawings show the bond as it appears when finished, and also the brass casting,which has one side cut out to accommodate the wire asit turns at right angles. It may be called a compromisebetween the rivet bond, which is composed of three partsthrough which the current must pass (the bond wire andtwo rivets), and the bond now being introduced, whichconsists of one piece of copper wire having the shouldersfor riveting formed on it by a machine process. THE PIVOTAL BOSTON TROLLEY. THIS is a recent trolley brought out by Albert &J. M. Anderson, of Boston. It possesses all thewell known good qualities of the first Boston trol-ley but differs from the old type in making a side motionon a vertical pivot. The entire base pole and foik are of. IVOTAL BOSTON TROLLEY Steel, and the whole is light, strong and neat. The high-est point on the base when the pole is laid down horizon-tally is but six inches above the car. An abundance ofspring insures efiicient action without danger of settingor breaking. MR. YERKES NEW RESIDENCE. WORK has been commenced on the new resi-dence of President Charles T. Yerkes, inNew York City, and before many monthsthe magnificent domicile will be ready for house is situated at Fifth avenue and and will probably cost $1,500,000 before it is com-pleted. It is to be four stories high, of light brown stone,with an elaborately carved main entrance approached bytwelve steps hewn from solid blocks of brown stone. The picture gallery, which will house the famousYerkes collection will be 150 feet long, with a glass roof. The entire first floor of the mansion may be throwninto one room, for in place of the dividing wall there willbe a row of pillars
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