. The street railway review . E CO,, of Chicago, is repre-senter in the East by the Ramapo Foundry Co., of Mahwah, N. J.,■with New York offices in Havemeyer Building, 26 Cortlandt St.,Manhattan, this company being one of the regular licensees tomake the Diamond S and U brake shoes under patents ownedby the American Brake Shoe Co. The company especially recom-mends its Diamond S brake shoe for use on chilled wheelsunder electric railway equipment. The U brake shoe consistsof a body of special metal, of a nature midway between mild steeland hard cast iron, having its two ends hardened from the b
. The street railway review . E CO,, of Chicago, is repre-senter in the East by the Ramapo Foundry Co., of Mahwah, N. J.,■with New York offices in Havemeyer Building, 26 Cortlandt St.,Manhattan, this company being one of the regular licensees tomake the Diamond S and U brake shoes under patents ownedby the American Brake Shoe Co. The company especially recom-mends its Diamond S brake shoe for use on chilled wheelsunder electric railway equipment. The U brake shoe consistsof a body of special metal, of a nature midway between mild steeland hard cast iron, having its two ends hardened from the backby chilling, leaving the main body of the shoe unbardened F. W. Sargent, managing engineer of the American BrakeShoe is an expert in this particular field, and that he hassucceeded in developing a thoroughly satisfactory brake shoe isevidenced by the fact that the shoes made under these patents arestandard on leading roads both East and West. The general of the Ramapo Foundry Co. is O. H. I. W. SARGENT. B. S. THE ARNOLD ELECTRIC POWER STATION CO., ofChicago, which has done an extensive engineering and contractingbusiness in the West, has opened offices at Room 711 TransitBuilding, No. 7 East 42d St., Manhattan, in order to better takecare of its increasing business. This company, acting as engineerand contractor, has built many large works from its own designs,among which may be mentioned the Chicago & Milwaukee Elec-tric Ry. complete, exclusive of track; the power plant of theChicago Electric Traction Co.; the power station of the ImperialElectric Light, Heat & Power Co., St. Louis, Mo., and manyother smaller installations. It is now constructing as engineer andcontractor the power station and sub-stations complete for theGrand Rapids, Holland and Lake Michigan Rapid Railway Co.;the complete railroad, from location to equipment, of the Lansing,St. Johns & St. Louis R. R. (60 miles), and the complete shopequipment of the St. Lou
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