. The Street railway journal . - ment of gearing actuated by an electric motor to throw the switchtongue. 748,813. Contact-Shoe; William F. Taylor, Jr., Providence,R. I. App. filed March 30, 1903. Details of construction of ashoe suspended from overhead supports to be engaged by atrolley. 748,815. Railway Block Signal and Switch; William F. Taylor,Jr., Providence, R. I. App. filed March 30, 1003. A controlleron the car platform adapted to operate both signals and railswitch. 748,872. Electric Railway System; William G. Lowrie, NewYork, N. Y. App. filed June 21, 1901. The invention relates par-


. The Street railway journal . - ment of gearing actuated by an electric motor to throw the switchtongue. 748,813. Contact-Shoe; William F. Taylor, Jr., Providence,R. I. App. filed March 30, 1903. Details of construction of ashoe suspended from overhead supports to be engaged by atrolley. 748,815. Railway Block Signal and Switch; William F. Taylor,Jr., Providence, R. I. App. filed March 30, 1003. A controlleron the car platform adapted to operate both signals and railswitch. 748,872. Electric Railway System; William G. Lowrie, NewYork, N. Y. App. filed June 21, 1901. The invention relates par-ticularly to the construction of a trolley which moves through aclosed conduit in contact with conductors therein, the motionbeing obtained by the attraction of a magnet carried by the car. 748,903. Car Seat; Hubert Witte, St. Louis, Mo. App. filedSept. 14, 1903. Details of construction of a walk-over seat. 748,987. Trolley Harp; Edward D. Rockwell, Bristol, filed Nov. 7, 1903. The trolley wheel is mounted in bearing. PATENT NO. blocks adapted to slide into ways in the harp, the wheel beingfree to rock to follow curvatures in the wire. 749,009. Device for Operating Street Railway Switches; HarryT. Young, Homestead, Pa. App. filed April 18, 1903. A rotarydisc with projections thereon connected with the switch tongueby link and lever connections is adapted to be engaged by aspring-pressed rack bar carried by the car, to thereby rotate thedisc and actuate the switch. 749,042. Electric Railway System;- William M. Eader, Middle-town, Md. App. filed July 27, 1903. A third-rail collecting de-vice, consisting of spring-mounted rollers spaced apart and ar-ranged to readily engage a second section of the rail when passingfrom one section to another. PERSONAL MENTION MR. EZRA D. WH1TAKER has resigned as treasurer of theHoosac Valley Street Railway Company, of North Adams, Mass.,a position he has filled for two years. He resigned because of thepressure of other business.


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