. The Street railway journal . port & Covington Railwayare fitted up with veneer roofs in single pieces, that is tosay, the upper deck is of one piece of veneer, and the twolower decks of single pieces each. This reduces the thick-ness to a minimum, gives enormous strength, does awaywith the numerous joints, and has nearly every inquiries made of builders and car users who areemploying thesystem failed todiscover any ob-jections. If thecanvas coveringbe properly at-tended to, theonly dangerwhich has beensuggested, thatof water, will beavoided. Thesingle-piece roofis used with
. The Street railway journal . port & Covington Railwayare fitted up with veneer roofs in single pieces, that is tosay, the upper deck is of one piece of veneer, and the twolower decks of single pieces each. This reduces the thick-ness to a minimum, gives enormous strength, does awaywith the numerous joints, and has nearly every inquiries made of builders and car users who areemploying thesystem failed todiscover any ob-jections. If thecanvas coveringbe properly at-tended to, theonly dangerwhich has beensuggested, thatof water, will beavoided. Thesingle-piece roofis used with amaple underside,and in finishing open cars no lining is necessary. There seems to be noreason as yet discoverable why this is not the most satis-factory, scientific and durable roof that has yet been pro-duced. It would seem to be peculiarly applicable to thecovering of hoods of fine cars and apparently not onlyshould a great increase of strength and durability be ob-tained, but a material reduction in labor be 476 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XII. No. 8. LETFERS AND HINTS FROM PRACTICAL MEN. Card From the Chicago City Railway Company. Chicago City Railway Company. Chicago, July 22, Street Railway Journal : We take this means of thanking our many friends fortheir proffers of assistance after the loss of our car barn anda great many cars on July 18, 1896. Chicago City Railway Company, M. K. BowEN, Superintendent. Resistance of Cast Welded Rail Joints. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company. Milwaukee, Wis., July 18, Street Railway Journal : The reading of the letters published in your July num-ber, touching the resistance of cast welded rail joints,caused me a little uneasiness, lest, as a somewhat recentconvert to the welded joint, I had made a mistake in mynew faith and had made a poor investment for my com-pany by ordering and having placed a large number ofjoints, the conductivity of which might be so imperfect asto require, beside
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