. The Street railway journal . roads. Secretary Foque—Mr. Burch spoke of the generator shaft beingextended 2 ft. beyond the bearings, the idea being to eventuallyput on a vertical direct-connected engine. Is that in case of thefailure of the water power? Mr. Burch—When the electric railway traffic and load growbeyond the capacity of the river in winter, reserve engine capacityis needed. The original plan was to have this equipment at thestation. It is not probable that this plan for reserve or for addi-tional capacity will be carried out in this way. Street Railway Patents [This department is
. The Street railway journal . roads. Secretary Foque—Mr. Burch spoke of the generator shaft beingextended 2 ft. beyond the bearings, the idea being to eventuallyput on a vertical direct-connected engine. Is that in case of thefailure of the water power? Mr. Burch—When the electric railway traffic and load growbeyond the capacity of the river in winter, reserve engine capacityis needed. The original plan was to have this equipment at thestation. It is not probable that this plan for reserve or for addi-tional capacity will be carried out in this way. Street Railway Patents [This department is conducted by W. A. Rosenbaum, patent at-torney, 177 Times Building, New York.] UNITED STATES PATENTS ISSUED JULY 31, 1900 654,586. Conduit Electric System; F. M. Ashley, New York,N. Y. App. filed Feb. 26, 1898. The invention in general con-sists of a conduit provided with a removable plate to which themain portions of the working mechanism inside of the conduitare attached. The construction is also such that when the cover. PATENT NO. 654,586 is removed the ciicuit between the main and sectional conductoris open. 654,868. Electric Railway; G. A. Lyncker, Munich, filed April 23, 1900. This is a sectional conductor system inwhich the magnets which close the branches between the mainconductor and the sections are energized by a battery carried onthe car. 654,670. Snow Plow; M. Perreault, St. Thomas de Joliette,Canada. App. filed April 7, 1900. This plow is adapted to lift thesnow from the track, divide the mass of snow in two partsand separately discharge the divided mass on opposite sides of thetrack. The invention relates particularly to the construction of theframework and to the devices for raising and lowering the edgeof the plow. 654,803. Trolley Wheel; S. G. Reynolds, Easton, Pa. Dec. 11, 1899. The wheel consists of a center cored out toreceive a felt packing, and removable side discs, the center anddiscs having interlocking parts and the whole pr
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