. The Street railway journal . s. By Thomas Commerford Mar-tin and Joseph Wetzler, Associate Ed-itors of the Electrical World, Members ofthe American Institute of Electrical En-gineers.—216 large quarto pages; 200illustrations; Price, postage prepaid toany part of the world, $ Tramways Their Construction and Work-ing. Embracing a Comprehensive His-tory of the System; with an exhaustiveAnalysis of the various Modes of Trac-tion, including Horse-Power, Steam,Heated Water and Compressed Air; aDescription of the Varieties of EollingStock; and ample Details of Costand Working Expenses: the Pro
. The Street railway journal . s. By Thomas Commerford Mar-tin and Joseph Wetzler, Associate Ed-itors of the Electrical World, Members ofthe American Institute of Electrical En-gineers.—216 large quarto pages; 200illustrations; Price, postage prepaid toany part of the world, $ Tramways Their Construction and Work-ing. Embracing a Comprehensive His-tory of the System; with an exhaustiveAnalysis of the various Modes of Trac-tion, including Horse-Power, Steam,Heated Water and Compressed Air; aDescription of the Varieties of EollingStock; and ample Details of Costand Working Expenses: the Progress re-cently made in Tramway Construction,&c, &c. By D. Kinnear Clark, M. Inst.,C. E. With over 200 Wood Engravings,and 13 Folding Plates. Two Vols., largecrown 8vo, 30s. cloth. Price $12. AMER. RAILWAY PUBLISHING CO., 113 LIBERTY ST., NEW YORK. Gold Pens, Etc. BY SENDING US A SAMPLE OF YOURHANDWRITING WE CAN SEND YOUA PEN THAT WILL SUIT YOUR HAND. ALLEN & SKIFF, Stewart Bldg., N. Y, STREET CAR SEATS X, MAIN In. THREE-PLY CAR SIDES. Having given our three ply white wood car sides a thorough trial for anumber of years In our city street and railway lines, which test has left them asfirm and good as the day they were put In, we unhesitatingly place these sidesIn the market as a superior article. They are composed of three white wood (orpoplar) veneers, each % Inch thick, the grain of the center layer running at rightangles with the two outside layers. Hence they derive all the special and well-known advantages of glued up wood over single ply, namely:1st. They are fully 75 per cent stronger, for they brace and stiffen thecar. 2nd. They are lighter, being only 3-8 inch thick, and so do -ot add so much dead weight to the They will not check or split by change of They will not split or crack when nailing into place , even tnough the nail be placed near the Being laid over a form to suit the shape of the car frame or post
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