. The street railway review . .\mong the startling inventions which appear from time to timein the electric railway field comes one from Ft. Myers, Fla., inthe shape of an insulated trolley wire, which, according to its in-ventor. Capt. W. O. Rew. possesses manifold merits of the highest. THE REW INSULATED TROLLEY WIRE. order, and which has elicited the most comment nuthe part of electrical engineers and street railway men whereverthe model illustrated herewith has been submitted to expert criti-cism. On top of the car is a metal trough making contact with pendantwires from the ove
. The street railway review . .\mong the startling inventions which appear from time to timein the electric railway field comes one from Ft. Myers, Fla., inthe shape of an insulated trolley wire, which, according to its in-ventor. Capt. W. O. Rew. possesses manifold merits of the highest. THE REW INSULATED TROLLEY WIRE. order, and which has elicited the most comment nuthe part of electrical engineers and street railway men whereverthe model illustrated herewith has been submitted to expert criti-cism. On top of the car is a metal trough making contact with pendantwires from the overhead line; the pendant wires are to be in-sulated to within a few inches of the lower end. 0(T, 15, i8gi>J STRliET RAILWAY RliVlliW. 717 THE SPEER CARBON CO. The carbon Ini^l will liiul a vigorous coinijclilor in tilt- Spi-crCarbon Co., of Saiiil Marys, Ia., whose new works art nowcompleted and in runninK order. The business which has alreadyconic lo this concern not only indicates the general desire to findrelief from trust methods, but an ap|)reciation of the (lualily of theproduct of the coni])nny. Ilie concern is capitalized for $200,000 BEES HOLD UP A RAILWAY. A (nieen bee with a numerous swarm of retainers recently cslablislicd temporary headrpiarlers in the box used by
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