. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . a substantialiron frame with a heavy eye-bolt fas-tened in the back, through which thecrane hook is passed. The magnetslift by simple contact when the electriccurrent is on, and the time otherwisenecessary for the adjustment of hooksand chains is saved, consequentlymore plates can be handled per dayby this method than by the old point about the magnetic lift A Palatial Street particularly handsome palace car hasjust been put into service on the Dayton& Troy trolley railroad,
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . a substantialiron frame with a heavy eye-bolt fas-tened in the back, through which thecrane hook is passed. The magnetslift by simple contact when the electriccurrent is on, and the time otherwisenecessary for the adjustment of hooksand chains is saved, consequentlymore plates can be handled per dayby this method than by the old point about the magnetic lift A Palatial Street particularly handsome palace car hasjust been put into service on the Dayton& Troy trolley railroad, which indicatesthe progress making by certain trolleylines to compete with steam railroads. Thecar is 60 ft. in length, built onthe steam passenger coach is several inches wider thanthe ordinary traction car. The carcarries four 250 motors. Sleeping ac-commodations for 40 passengers can befurnished, and the car is provided withnearly 30 plush parlor car revolvingchairs. The car is well heated and light-ed, and is provided with every late im-provement. The car can be speeded up. WORK DONE ON .SELLERS PLANER. FIG. S. IS that plates too hot to be touched bjmen can readily be lifted by the invis-ible force of the electric current andcarried to their appointed place, thereto cool at leisure. A magnet weighing300 lbs. can lift a plate weighing about9,000 lbs. An agitation is going on in Pennsyl-vania to abolish the obnoxious bluelaws, which make it a crime to doany work on the Sabbath day. If theselaws were strictly obeyed no railwaytrains could be run on Sunday and agreat deal of other work now a neces-sity in modern conditions of life wouldhave to be stopped. Voters in the Stateart urged to favor the repeal of thelaws. A strong argument used onPhiladelphia people is that strict en-forcement of the laws would lead to theclosing of the Baldwin LocomotiveWorks. til 70 miles an hour. It was constructedby the Harlan & Hollingsworth Com-pany, of Wilmington, Del. The execu
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