. The Street railway journal . inthe Pennsylvania Legislatureduring the session of 1883 and1885, representing his nativecounty of Cumberland. In thelatter year he made his firstventure in street railways, pur-chasing, with two friends, theBloomfield City Street Rail-way, of Bloomfield, 111., forf ] 50,000, reselling the road thesame year for $200,000. Sincethat time Mr. Graham has de-voted his attention almost exclusively to street railway affairs, and iswidely recognized for his ability and general knowledge of the streetrailway business. He went to Wilkesbarre in November, 1890, and afew mon
. The Street railway journal . inthe Pennsylvania Legislatureduring the session of 1883 and1885, representing his nativecounty of Cumberland. In thelatter year he made his firstventure in street railways, pur-chasing, with two friends, theBloomfield City Street Rail-way, of Bloomfield, 111., forf ] 50,000, reselling the road thesame year for $200,000. Sincethat time Mr. Graham has de-voted his attention almost exclusively to street railway affairs, and iswidely recognized for his ability and general knowledge of the streetrailway business. He went to Wilkesbarre in November, 1890, and afew months later, with several friends, organized the Wilkesbarre &Wyoming Valley Traction Company. Associated with Mr. Graham inthe organization of this company was the Hon. J. J. Patterson, who isstill a director in the company, but who has moved to Lancaster, Pa.,and is largely interested in street railways in that city. Mr, Grahamshistory since 1890 has been that of the company of which he is generalmanager. New JOHN GRAHAM. Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of the Lunkenheimer Com-pany, Cincinnati, O. The Lunkenheimer specialties are well known for the high stand-ard of superiority which they have always held. The gate and othervalves, the lubricators, cocks, etc., of this company have been men-tioned in our columns, and our readers are well acquainted with theircharacteristic features. The companys 1895 catalogue, which is justissued, is a handsome publication and shows forth clearly the featureswhich have contributed to the popularity of these appliances. Catalogue of the Barney & Smith Car Company. The Barney & Smith Car Company, of Dayton, O., is one of theoldest companies in the business, having been established in 1849. Thefacilities of this company for supplying the highest grade of car workhave been described in these columns. The company has recentlypublished a handsome catalogue illustrating a number of differenttypes of streetcars manufactured at its
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