. Electric railway review . ovel littleinstrument which indicates the cost of operation of electric lamps,curling irons, chafing dishes, etc. passenger compartment is through a door of the Brill semi-accelerator pattern; its location at the side rather than in thecenter of the bulkhead makes access to the car more convenientfor passengers. The platform is of the familiar Detroit interior finish is cherry. The dimensions are: Length overend panels, 30 feet 8 inches; over vestibules, 40 feet 8 inches;width over sills including sheathing, 7 feet 11% inches; overposts at belt, 8 feet 2 in
. Electric railway review . ovel littleinstrument which indicates the cost of operation of electric lamps,curling irons, chafing dishes, etc. passenger compartment is through a door of the Brill semi-accelerator pattern; its location at the side rather than in thecenter of the bulkhead makes access to the car more convenientfor passengers. The platform is of the familiar Detroit interior finish is cherry. The dimensions are: Length overend panels, 30 feet 8 inches; over vestibules, 40 feet 8 inches;width over sills including sheathing, 7 feet 11% inches; overposts at belt, 8 feet 2 inches; height from floor to ceiling, 8 feet4% inches; from track to under side of sills, 2 feet 8% inches;size of side sills, 4 inches by 7% inches; end sills. 5*4 inches by6% inches. The car bodies are mounted on the Brill No. 27-F1truck with a wheel-base of 4 feet 8 inches. THE CLARK SOLDERED RAIL BOND. The illustration shows a new soldered rail bond patented byMr. Walter G. Clark, of the Clark Electric & Manufacturing. ■ . H. F. Vogel Contracting & Railway Supply Company has beenIncorporated in Missouri with a capital of $5,000. The officers ofthe company are H. F. Vogel, president; Nic Le Grand, secretaryand treasurer. The new organization succeeds H. F. Vogel & offices are at 420 Rialto building. St. Louis The Clark Soldered Rail Bond. Company. Although the desirability of using soldered rail bondshas long been recognized, serious difficulty has been met in sol-dering the bond properly to the rail and in the tendency of thebond to peel off, caused by the difference in the coefficients ofexpansion of the steel and copper. Mr. Clark, after many experi-ments, found that if the terminals were made sufficiently thinthe copper would expand and contract without this tendency topeel. He also found that if the bond terminal were providedwith openings for the admission of solder and the escape of gas,the solder would flow well between the rail and the bond terminaland uni
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