. The street railway review . , who was somewhat bruised, was car-ried to a place of safety. Her face and hands weresomewhat burned, and she received a bad cut on thehead. 494 ^otic€t9\aiWay-ii\^. RAIL SAW AT GRAND RAIIDS. SAWING RAILS AT GRAND RAPIDS. Electric Motors for Power—One Cut Per Minute Through 66yi-Pound Girder Rail. An enterprising management at Grand Rapids hasdevised and built a rail saw which we do not hesitate tosay is superior to anything jet attempted in that line byan electric railway company. The railroad experienceof G. S. Johnson, the general manager, convinced himthat th
. The street railway review . , who was somewhat bruised, was car-ried to a place of safety. Her face and hands weresomewhat burned, and she received a bad cut on thehead. 494 ^otic€t9\aiWay-ii\^. RAIL SAW AT GRAND RAIIDS. SAWING RAILS AT GRAND RAPIDS. Electric Motors for Power—One Cut Per Minute Through 66yi-Pound Girder Rail. An enterprising management at Grand Rapids hasdevised and built a rail saw which we do not hesitate tosay is superior to anything jet attempted in that line byan electric railway company. The railroad experienceof G. S. Johnson, the general manager, convinced himthat the road could make good use of a machine whichwould saw off the battered ends of the rails in some ofits tracks so that they could be relaid and the purchaseof new steel saved. He knew they would make tolera-bly good track after such treatment, and thought that acouple of old Rae motors the company had might beused to drive a saw if the other parts could be obtainedwithout too great expense. The matter was laid beforeWarren Annable, the master mechanic, who took thematter under advisement, and soon had the necessar\-castings and forgings under way. The different partsof the machine, as it
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