. The street railway review . ss was too high. Kndurance tests made at the Watertown .\rsiual by the LnitedStates government on wrought iron and .45 per cent carlion steelbars I in. diameter, 36 in. long, in the middle so that thefiber stress was 40,000 lb. per sq. in., show a gicat superiority infavor of the latter. These bars were rotated 1,500 times per minute, the nund)er ofrevolutions being recorded. The average number of revolutions of the wrought iron was59,000, while the .45 per cent carbon steel b:irs broke after 1), or 165 tii\ies as severe a lest. ,
. The street railway review . ss was too high. Kndurance tests made at the Watertown .\rsiual by the LnitedStates government on wrought iron and .45 per cent carlion steelbars I in. diameter, 36 in. long, in the middle so that thefiber stress was 40,000 lb. per sq. in., show a gicat superiority infavor of the latter. These bars were rotated 1,500 times per minute, the nund)er ofrevolutions being recorded. The average number of revolutions of the wrought iron was59,000, while the .45 per cent carbon steel b:irs broke after 1), or 165 tii\ies as severe a lest. , VVinthrop & Gardiner Ry. i; The accompanying illuslration shows a new express car whichwas recently built by the .gusta, Winlhrop & Gardiner Ry., of.\ugusta. Me., for service over its system. The car is jiyi over all. 8 ft. wide and 6 ft. 3 in. high, inside measure. Itis built of oak and hard pine lindier and sheathed up inside 3 the floor. It has sliding dimrs on both sides, the doors being. EXPRKSS VAU. AUULSTA, & GARDINER RV. hung on the outside of the car. It also has a swinging door ateach end, which permits the carriage of long material without difli-culty. The car is mounted on Pcckham double trucks and is equippedwith four No. 6g Westinghouse motors, with Wcstinghouse auto-matic and straight air brake. The weight of the car complete is15 tons. The express business is handled in the following maimer: HoytsExpress Co., S. S. Patten, general manager, is located at .\ugustaand has an express line running from that city to New York. Itoperates the express business on the Augusta, Winthrop & Gardi-ner Ry. in connection with its own business, giving through bill-ing for Portland, Boston, New York and points west and at the diflfercnt i>oints along the line collect and deliverwith teams, the car receiving all packages from the teams anddelivering to them, also. The car makes two round trips over the entire line daily, leav-ing
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