. The Street railway journal . manufacture is, that it produces a finishedshoe, calked, or plain, ready for attachingto the hoof. The crease is made low and the nailholes are punched well in and beveled topermit the nailhead to be well driven in,reducing the strain on the nails and insur-ing a firmly fastened shoe. The foot bearing of the shoe is level, thusmaterially aiding in the preservation of thehoof. It is not ne . essaiy to heat the shoe inorder to fit it. There are no welds in the shoe to break,the calks being solid fogged up from Our Calked Shoe. A good, strong, reliable shoe
. The Street railway journal . manufacture is, that it produces a finishedshoe, calked, or plain, ready for attachingto the hoof. The crease is made low and the nailholes are punched well in and beveled topermit the nailhead to be well driven in,reducing the strain on the nails and insur-ing a firmly fastened shoe. The foot bearing of the shoe is level, thusmaterially aiding in the preservation of thehoof. It is not ne . essaiy to heat the shoe inorder to fit it. There are no welds in the shoe to break,the calks being solid fogged up from Our Calked Shoe. A good, strong, reliable shoe to have on hand. The calksA handy shoe for the Winter, easily sharpened, and, as the calks will not break, will give as much service as steel,No. 1 to No. 6. Front and hind of steel or iron. The shoes have a good substantial clipdrawn up from metal driven outside theregular outlines of the shoe for that pur-pose. The outer edge of the clip, whendrawn up, coinciding with the outlines ofthe shoe, requires no robbing of the hoofwall to let in the clip. Among the street railways using ourshoes are, the Third Avenue R. R. Co.,Eighth Avenue R. R. Co., Broadway &Seventh Avenue R. R. Co. of New Yorkcity; Bushwick R. R. Co., Brooklyn Cityana Newtown R. R. Co. of Brooklyn; Phila-delphia Traction Co., Citizens PassengerR. R. Co., Second & Third Street R. of Philadelphia; Metropolitan R. R. Washington, D, C.; North Chicago Co, Chicago City R. R. Co., WestDivision R. R. Co. of Chicago, 111.; NewOrleans City & Lake R. R. Co
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