. The street railway review . , of Cleveland, Ohio, is the exclusive salesagent. The value of the device cannot but be appreciated bythe large power users, to which class all street railwayplants belong, and, judging from the sales already, thedevice has a good future. GRAHAMS RAIL CHAIR. PACIFIC COAST CABLE PROCESSION. THE rail chair shown in the engraving provides asimple and secure fastening for the rails. Thedevice has but two parts other than spikes, and iseasily applied. The foot of the rail is secured on one side by a clamp-ing extension of the chair and on the other side by alocking sl
. The street railway review . , of Cleveland, Ohio, is the exclusive salesagent. The value of the device cannot but be appreciated bythe large power users, to which class all street railwayplants belong, and, judging from the sales already, thedevice has a good future. GRAHAMS RAIL CHAIR. PACIFIC COAST CABLE PROCESSION. THE rail chair shown in the engraving provides asimple and secure fastening for the rails. Thedevice has but two parts other than spikes, and iseasily applied. The foot of the rail is secured on one side by a clamp-ing extension of the chair and on the other side by alocking slide which is made slightly tapering and whichlits into a reverse L g-oove correspondingly tapered. When the slide is driven in, the rail is clamped securely tothe chair and the slide is prevented from working looseby dropping a spike into a slot formed half in the chairand half in the slide. On the double chair the clamping extension and theslide are extended upward and bolted through the webof the rail, making a solid joint. George H. Graham, of Chicago, is the patentee andthe chair will soon be put on the market. GRAND LARCENY. AN enterprising gentleman named Chas. H. Law-ence, is under sheriffs care in Lockport, N. Y.,for stealing a street car line. Lawrence wasmanager of the Lockport Hne when it was changed fromhorse to electric power, and took the opportunity to sellthe old cars and track, pocketing the $5,000 considera-tion. ^ He was arrested in Lockport but escaped and hasjust been recently arrested in Pennsylvania. OF all the many interesting sights which the visit-ing Society of Mechanical Engineers, witnessedwhen in San Francisco last month, none was asunique and striking
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