. Electric railway journal . her details of the lighting system employing thisgenerator will be found in an article by W. J. Walkerin the February, 1918, General Electric Review, and inan article to appear in an early issue of the Proceedingsof the A. I. E. E. S. R. Bergman will explain more fullythe principles involved in the generator design. Work Cars Used as Snowplows SUPPLEMENTING the article printed in last weeksissue of the Journal on the use of steel-shod wingson sprinklers and work cars the accompanying threeillustrations are reproduced. These pictures have cometo hand since last week
. Electric railway journal . her details of the lighting system employing thisgenerator will be found in an article by W. J. Walkerin the February, 1918, General Electric Review, and inan article to appear in an early issue of the Proceedingsof the A. I. E. E. S. R. Bergman will explain more fullythe principles involved in the generator design. Work Cars Used as Snowplows SUPPLEMENTING the article printed in last weeksissue of the Journal on the use of steel-shod wingson sprinklers and work cars the accompanying threeillustrations are reproduced. These pictures have cometo hand since last weeks article was printed. Theyshow the equipment described in the latter part of thatarticle. The apparatus illustrated consists of two work carscoupled permanently. Wings are provided on each, thaton the front car being used to take off the upper layerof snow from high banks, the one on the rear beingset closer to the rail. As was mentioned last week, twoadditional work cars are used in the rear to augmentthe propelling THREE VIEWS OF WORK-CAR TRAIN EQUIPPED WITH WINGS FOR LEVELING SNOW, CHICAGO SURFACE LINES News of the Eledric Railways TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATIONFINANCIAL AND CORPORATE • PERSONAL MENTION • CONSTRUCTION NEWS St. Louis Strike Settled United Railways Recognizes Union, butMatter of Wages Will Goto Arbitrators The strike of the union employees ofthe United Railways, St. Louis, Mo.,was settled on Feb. 7. The agreementwas reached when Richard McCulloch,president and general manager, andsome directors of the company and acommittee of the men met with a spe-cial committee appointed by the Cham-ber of Commerce. This conference con-tinued until after midnight. The agree-ment reached at that time was ratifiedby the union at a meeting on the morn-ing of Feb. 8, and cars were again inoperation for the evening rush hour onthat day. The terms of the agreementare as follows: 1. Right of the men to unionize rec-ognized by United Railways. 2. Men employed in future to
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