. The Street railway journal . g surrounds the bolts hold- ing the fish-plate, and bears against the rail and the plate to main-tain the electrical connection. 684,693. Railway System; J. W. Jenkins, New York, N. filed Jan. 31, 1901. The purpose of this invention is to en-:ible passengers to be loaded on and unloaded from a train withoutstopping it, and it is proposed to employ a number of saddle cars, dropped from the moving train,which are successively taken up andthrough the medium of which pas-sengers may enter or leave the trainwithout interfering with the progres-sive movement the
. The Street railway journal . g surrounds the bolts hold- ing the fish-plate, and bears against the rail and the plate to main-tain the electrical connection. 684,693. Railway System; J. W. Jenkins, New York, N. filed Jan. 31, 1901. The purpose of this invention is to en-:ible passengers to be loaded on and unloaded from a train withoutstopping it, and it is proposed to employ a number of saddle cars, dropped from the moving train,which are successively taken up andthrough the medium of which pas-sengers may enter or leave the trainwithout interfering with the progres-sive movement thereof. 684,731. Emergency Car Brake;W. S. Smith, East Liverpool, filed Jan. 19, 1901. A leverpivoted on the car and having down-wardly bent ends to act as a motorman can force the dragagainst the roadbed or rail by meansof a hand-wheel and screw. 684,747. Car Seat; C. E. Cole,Saco, Maine. App. filed Nov. 15,1899. The back of the seat can beshifted to either edge of the seatcushion, or locked in the middle po-. PATENT NO. 684,747 sition to double the capacity of the seat. PERSONAL MENTION MR. C. A. COFFIN, president of the General Electric Company,lia^ just returned from Europe. MR. WILLIAM C. PHELPS, who has been connected with theCleveland City Railway Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, for a num-ber of years, has been appointed purchasing agent for the is a newly-created office. MR. DAVID BRUCE, formerly of Seattle, Wash., has beenappointed superintendent of the Haverhill division of the Boston& Northern Railroad, the northern portion of the system of theMassachusetts Electric Company. MR. LYMAN L. GRIFFITH, formerly manager of the Hamil-ton City Railway Company, of Hamilton, Ont., Can., died on Mr. Griffith was in the employ of the Hamilton City RaihvayCompany for a long itme. Mr. Griffith was the father of J. B. Grif-fith, the present purchasing agent of the Cataract Power Company,of Hamilton. MR. KELSEY SCHOEPF, of Pittsburgh, who has been
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