. The Street railway journal . ounted on No. 27-Ei last mentioned road also operates with the semi-con-vertible on the interurban portion of its system, said carsbeing of the combination passenger and baggage type. The ITavana Central Railroad, which operates an electricrailway 70 miles long, between Havana and suburban towns,contemplates the building of 50 miles of additional track, alarge terminal station and a number of piers. It is the in-tention of the company to operate, in the future, a ferryfrom Havana to Regla. 224 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XXXL No. 6. A NEW BAND RIP SAW
. The Street railway journal . ounted on No. 27-Ei last mentioned road also operates with the semi-con-vertible on the interurban portion of its system, said carsbeing of the combination passenger and baggage type. The ITavana Central Railroad, which operates an electricrailway 70 miles long, between Havana and suburban towns,contemplates the building of 50 miles of additional track, alarge terminal station and a number of piers. It is the in-tention of the company to operate, in the future, a ferryfrom Havana to Regla. 224 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XXXL No. 6. A NEW BAND RIP SAW NEW CARS FOR MEXICO ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS COMPANY A machine which is claimed to embody every modernimprovement in band saw construction and to stand thewear and tear of continuous service is made by the J- & Egan Company, of Cincinnati. The distance be-tween the saw and the fence is 24 ins. and the heightunder the guide is 12 ins. The feed rolls are placed closetogether, enabling short pieces to be fed successfully. The. .\ NEW RIP SAW saw guides have sectional hardwood blocks arranged topermit of taking up the slightest wear. The machine isbuilt along the same lines as the Fay & Egan No. i ma-chine, but in addition to the features of the older tool it hasother improvements designed to give it a maximum of effi-ciency. The straining device has forward, backward andside adjustment, and the claim is made that the lightest The Mexico Electric Tramways Company has recentlyreceived from the St. Louis Car Company a number ofstandard suburban cars which contain several features ofgeneral interest. Each of the cars is 43 ft. 8 ins. long overall, 33 ft. 4 ins. long over the corner posts, leaving 5 ins. for the total length of each vestibule over thebumpers. The total width over all is 8 ft. 8 ins. and thewidth inside is 7 ft. 5 ins. The bottom framing consistsof two side sills of long leaf yellow pine, 4j4 ins. x 8 on the outside, with J/g in. x 12 ins. steel plate; t
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