. The street railway review . ry by wire and rail that allwould enjoy efiual facilities for obtaining supplies. Unfortunately the financial depression of that year so handi-capped our efforts that we were unable to carry out the )),but those who gave the subject most careful consideration at thetime still expect to see some such system as the above in generaluse. The latest development in the line of providing for goods trafficon electric tramways came to the writers notice some months agoin the shape of a combination vehicle, so constructed as to bereadily convertible for use upon any
. The street railway review . ry by wire and rail that allwould enjoy efiual facilities for obtaining supplies. Unfortunately the financial depression of that year so handi-capped our efforts that we were unable to carry out the )),but those who gave the subject most careful consideration at thetime still expect to see some such system as the above in generaluse. The latest development in the line of providing for goods trafficon electric tramways came to the writers notice some months agoin the shape of a combination vehicle, so constructed as to bereadily convertible for use upon any ordinary roadway or upon arailroad track. It can be shifted from one to the other at will,without the necessity of reloading or rehandling the contents be-tween points of shipment and destination. The idea is not alto-gether new, but the application will no doubt impress you all asnovel in the extreme. Notwithstanding the similarity of names the writer begs to dis-claim any connection with the introduction of this scheme, but. FIG. 2. nevertheless the principle involved certainly commands attention. The Bonner Rail Wagon Company, organized about a year ago,states in its prospectus that it will build rail wagons and operatethem through leases or franchises granted to iuterurban electricrailroads. It is proposed that such roads shall be equipped withany stipulated number of rail wagons, thus enaliling them to sup-ply patrons at any point along their lines, or at the terminal sta-tions. Figure 1 illustrates the integral parts of the combination ve-hicle. The wagon proper is patterned after the ordinary im-proved road wagon, modified, of course, for the special nature ofthe service contemplated. The running gears and springs are ofstandard construction, having a carrying capacity of from threeto seven tons, depending upon the class of freight to be carried. The rail truck is not materially different from the car truck Ingeneral upon our electric railways, except that it is pro
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