. The street railway review . achine has two traveling beds for carrying , in eachof which a deep V center is cut for holding the axle inplace. By this means any sized axle from i-in. to 6-in. indiameter, on being placed in the V receptacle, immedi-ately assumes a proper position in the machine, that is, inan exact center line with the cutting device. This not onlyobviates the tedious necessity of lining up the axle with themachine, but renders it impossible to cut the keyway in anybut a correct manner. These traveling beds are worked by an independent crankmovement, and the feed stroke
. The street railway review . achine has two traveling beds for carrying , in eachof which a deep V center is cut for holding the axle inplace. By this means any sized axle from i-in. to 6-in. indiameter, on being placed in the V receptacle, immedi-ately assumes a proper position in the machine, that is, inan exact center line with the cutting device. This not onlyobviates the tedious necessity of lining up the axle with themachine, but renders it impossible to cut the keyway in anybut a correct manner. These traveling beds are worked by an independent crankmovement, and the feed stroke is easily adjusted to anylength of keyway, from i-in. to i 2-in. Each bed is entirelyindependent of the other, and the machine will cut one ortwo axles at a time as may be desired. The cutters are endmillers with a continuous feed, which is worked by a singleratchet with two dogs. When making any stroke, the dognot in use simply slips back into proper position for feed-ing the cutler when its time comes. This machine will cut. MCGUIRE KEVSKATIM; MArillNK. key ways 12 in. long, 1 in. wide and 1^ in. deep in from 35to ^|0 axles per day, with accuracy and ease. It is used,among others by the Terre Haute Car & ManufacturingCompany, Terre Haute, Ind.; Jones & Laughlin, Ltd.,Iittsburgh, Pa.; McGuire Manufacturing Company, Chi-cago. It is designed, made, and sold by the latter companj-,to which all inquiries should be sent. In a recent Texas case the power of a city to make a con-dition that the franchise of a street railway shall be forfeitedunless the line be completed to a certain point without thecity within a given time is denied, the legislature havinggiven the right to use the streets of the citv subject to theconsent of the city. FOURTEEN-FOOT CAR FOR MEXICO. Through the courtesy of the Jackson & Sharp Companywe have received photographs and description of a noveltyin tram cars just built by that compan). The car wasordered through a New York broker and even the manu-facturer
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