. The Street railway journal . onstruction in Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Street-Railroad Companynotified the Board of Public Works thatRees E. & George F. McDuffie recentlyassigned their interest under ordinances andcontract with the city in the right to con-struct and operate Street-Railroad RouteNo. 21 (the Warsaw Pike and Price HillRoute) to the Consolidated. They desire toproceed promptly,but say they are confront-ed with the difficulty of doing so properlyby the condition in which the work done onWarsaw pike and Hawthorne street hasbeen completed. The original contract re-quires a metal o
. The Street railway journal . onstruction in Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Street-Railroad Companynotified the Board of Public Works thatRees E. & George F. McDuffie recentlyassigned their interest under ordinances andcontract with the city in the right to con-struct and operate Street-Railroad RouteNo. 21 (the Warsaw Pike and Price HillRoute) to the Consolidated. They desire toproceed promptly,but say they are confront-ed with the difficulty of doing so properlyby the condition in which the work done onWarsaw pike and Hawthorne street hasbeen completed. The original contract re-quires a metal of 16, but the pike as com-pleted has only 9 of metal. This wouldcause the track, if laid, to stand 3 to 6 abovethe metal. They urge the board to havethe stakes set for the railway to the estab-lished grade, and that the metal be at onceprovided to complete the street as the trackprogresses. —R. II. Journal. Rattan Sectional Spring Seat and Back. This seat and back are covered withwoven rattan cemented to canvas duck; the. springs are riveted to an elastic slatted top,with spring-steel cross pieces between. Itis made in spring edge form.* Hale & Kilburn Mfg. Co., 48 N. 6tli Street, Plilla. To Warn Elevated R. R. Engineers. Fire-Commissioner Purroy of New YorkCity has issued an order that danger signalsbe carried on each hook and ladder truck towarn engineers on the elevated trains. Thesignals will consist of two red flags to beused in the daytime and two globe handlanterns with red glass for the night-time. In case of fire in a building located onany street or avenue which is occupied bythe elevated railway tracks, and it is deemednecessary by the officer in command of thefire not to allow the trains to pass, eitheifor the purpose of the force working fromthe tracks or that it would be dangerous forthe trains, a danger signal will be displayedon each track at a distance of not less than100 yards from, the fire, and immediatenotice will be sent to those in charge of thefirst st
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